I found two related posts today:
- Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law
- On Ted, Avant-Guarde Presentation Styles, and My Emerging RWnes
The content of the Larry Lessig talk is interesting, but it's the presentation that's unique and engaging. The remixed videos are great.
In looking through some of the other TED offerings and I ran across a 2003 Jeff Hawkins presentation on Brain theory. I've been interested in his software company, Numenta, for a while now. They have implemented a hierarchical temporal memory system (HTM) model which is "a new computing paradigm that replicates the structure and function of the human neocortex." The talk is a broader look at why it has taken so long to develop a framework for how the brain works.
Jeff Hawkins has had an interesting career in non-neuroscience areas (pen-based and tablet computing, Handspring). Hopefully his memory-prediction model of human intelligence will lead to improved artificial intelligence software systems.