<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:
To:</td><td>Thursday, August 6, 2015 3:46 PM
Joichi Ito</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Jeff Hawkins</td></tr></table>

never met. , . There are a bunch o= beautufl schools for sale. . Im thinking about buying o=e and populating it with the unusual.

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Joichi Ito <=pan dir="ltr">< <mailto:  > > wrote:

=div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hmm.

BTW, do you kno= Jeff Jonas? He's smart about data stuff. I'm using his bo=t for the next 3 days. He's an investor in my fund. He is the guy =ho busted the MIT Blackjack team. He's at IBM, but he lives in Veg=s and busts bad guys using data.

Decoding Jeff Jonas,=Wizard of Big Data
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/inno=ators/2014/05/140505-jeff-jonas-big-data-gambling-computers-technology-ibm= target=>:

http://news.nationalgeographic.c=m/news/innovators/2014/05/140505-jeff-jonas-big-data-gambling-computers-te=hnology-ibm <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/innovator=/2014/05/140505-jeff-jonas-big-data-gambling-computers-technology-ibm>

He might be fun for you to m=et.

- Joi

On Aug 6, 2015, at 8:38 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacat=on@gmail.com>>

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i think ibm took numenta in house

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at =:36 AM, Joichi Ito <██████████████████████ <mailto:joi@media.mit.e=u> > wrote:

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*   From: Ed Boyden
*   Subject: Re: Jeff Hawkins
*   Date: August 6, 2015, 8:33:31 AM PDT
*   To: Joichi Ito
*   Reply-To: esb@m=dia.mit.edu

<table><tr><th></th><th>&gt; I have talked to his second-in-command, Donna Dubinsky. In fact =he</th></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; guest lectured for my neuroventures class, about their AI/brain</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; startup, Numenta (she is CEO).</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Off the record comments:</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; One key issue with their work is that it's a model that attempts t=
&gt; mimic brain maps -- but again, as with the European Human Brain</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Project, we don't yet have brain maps. So there are a lot of=br&gt; &gt; assumptions built into their models.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Perhaps as a result, their models haven't done much. I think=Numenta
&gt; finally kind of gave up on trying to develop big hits with their Al</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; http://numenta.org/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; But I'm not sure any major outputs have happened yet.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Best,</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Ed</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Joichi Ito &lt; &lt;mailto:joi@m=dia.mit.edu&gt; &gt; wrote: </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» Have you guys talked to Jeff Hawkins?</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» Is his AI/brain stuff interesting?</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» - Joi</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» --</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» Tips for mastering email overload - pls read - http:/=hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4438.html</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&lt;http://h=swk.hbs.edu/archive/4438.html&gt; </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» My Blog - http://joi.ito.com/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» My Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photosnoi/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» Facebook Profile - http://www.facebook.com/joiito</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>» Linkedln Profile - http://www.linkedin.com/in/joiito» Twitter - http://twitter.com/joi/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; --</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Ed Boyden, Ph. D.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Leader, Synthetic Neurobiology Group</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute,</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Departments of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognit=ve Sciences</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Co-Director, MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; New York Stem Cell Foundation-Robertson Investigator</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; Massachusetts Institute of Technology</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; , <u>Cambridge,</u> MA 02139 (mailing addre=s)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt; <u>Cambridge, MA 02139</u></td></tr></table>

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