This next paper introduced our proposal that most dendritic spikes act as predictions, and that 90 percent of the synapses on pyramidal neurons are dedicated to recognizing contexts for predictions. The paper also described how a layer of neurons organized into minicolumns creates a predictive sequence memory. The paper explains many aspects of biological neurons that cannot be explained by other theories. It is a detailed paper that includes simulations, a mathematical description of our algorithm, and a pointer to source code. Hawkins, Jeff, and Subutai Ahmad. “Why Neurons Have Thousands of
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