Thousand Brains Project
@thousandbrains.org
Advancing AI & robotics by reverse engineering the neocortex.
Leveraging sensorimotor learning, structured reference frames, & cortical modularity.
Open-source research backed by Jeff Hawkins & Gates Foundation.
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Leveraging sensorimotor learning, structured reference frames, & cortical modularity.
Open-source research backed by Jeff Hawkins & Gates Foundation.
Explore thousandbrains.org
🦾 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social compares the fundamental principles of sensorimotor learning with deep learning and then walks through the amazing capabilities of Monty, this new form of machine intelligence.
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
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January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
🦾 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social compares the fundamental principles of sensorimotor learning with deep learning and then walks through the amazing capabilities of Monty, this new form of machine intelligence.
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
@vivianeclay.bsky.social reviews the TBP 2025 highlights and our direction for 2026, from Monty’s first sensor movements in the real world to the idea of a new Solutions Incubator. Many amazing things have been accomplished with more to come!
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
2026/01 - 2025 Review / 2026 Direction & Goals
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January 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
@vivianeclay.bsky.social reviews the TBP 2025 highlights and our direction for 2026, from Monty’s first sensor movements in the real world to the idea of a new Solutions Incubator. Many amazing things have been accomplished with more to come!
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
🫶 @vivianeclay.bsky.social thanks the community for their outstanding contributions in December 2025.
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
2025/12 - Community Shout-Outs
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January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🫶 @vivianeclay.bsky.social thanks the community for their outstanding contributions in December 2025.
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Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
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Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Hierarchy or Heterarchy? A Theory of Long-Range Connections for the Sensorimotor Brain
In the traditional understanding of the neocortex, sensory information flows up a hierarchy of regions, with each level processing increasingly complex features. Information also flows down the hierar...
arxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots? #sensorimotorai
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January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🧙 @vivianeclay.bsky.social beck tells the story of Monty and the Thousand Brains Project. Follow along how the team has been building this new form of machine intelligence and how the project evolved over time.
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
2025/12 - The Legend of Monty - 2021 to 2025
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January 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
🧙 @vivianeclay.bsky.social beck tells the story of Monty and the Thousand Brains Project. Follow along how the team has been building this new form of machine intelligence and how the project evolved over time.
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
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Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Hierarchy or Heterarchy? A Theory of Long-Range Connections for the Sensorimotor Brain
In the traditional understanding of the neocortex, sensory information flows up a hierarchy of regions, with each level processing increasingly complex features. Information also flows down the hierar...
arxiv.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and why do They Matter? #sensorimotorai #thalamus
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December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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This question and answer video is part of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence”. A series of nine short talks which you can view here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
This question and answer video is part of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence”. A series of nine short talks which you can view here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence - YouTube
This playlist is a presentation of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence” It features nine short talks from ...
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December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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This question and answer video is part of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence”. A series of nine short talks which you can view here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
This question and answer video is part of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence”. A series of nine short talks which you can view here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
2025/12 - Meet Monty 2026: Q&A with the Team
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December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
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Vector Neurons: A General Framework for SO(3)-Equivariant Networks:
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12229
Neural Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Object Representations for Manipulation:
arxiv.org/abs/2112.05124
Vector Neurons: A General Framework for SO(3)-Equivariant Networks:
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12229
Neural Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Object Representations for Manipulation:
arxiv.org/abs/2112.05124
Vector Neurons: A General Framework for SO(3)-Equivariant Networks
Invariance and equivariance to the rotation group have been widely discussed in the 3D deep learning community for pointclouds. Yet most proposed methods either use complex mathematical tools that may...
arxiv.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Vector Neurons: A General Framework for SO(3)-Equivariant Networks:
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12229
Neural Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Object Representations for Manipulation:
arxiv.org/abs/2112.05124
Vector Neurons: A General Framework for SO(3)-Equivariant Networks:
arxiv.org/abs/2104.12229
Neural Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Object Representations for Manipulation:
arxiv.org/abs/2112.05124
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✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Hierarchy or Heterarchy? A Theory of Long-Range Connections for the Sensorimotor Brain
In the traditional understanding of the neocortex, sensory information flows up a hierarchy of regions, with each level processing increasingly complex features. Information also flows down the hierar...
arxiv.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05888
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/hierarchy-or...
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QIoENhFu2VU
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
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Jeff Hawkins presents 2026 and beyond. TBP’s mission and what we are working on next.
youtu.be/T2a0FIY2kBA
Jeff Hawkins presents 2026 and beyond. TBP’s mission and what we are working on next.
youtu.be/T2a0FIY2kBA
2025/12 - 2026 and Beyond
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Jeff Hawkins presents 2026 and beyond. TBP’s mission and what we are working on next.
youtu.be/T2a0FIY2kBA
Jeff Hawkins presents 2026 and beyond. TBP’s mission and what we are working on next.
youtu.be/T2a0FIY2kBA
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@tristanls.bsky.social presents Our path to an easy-to-use platform. How we’re planning to evolve Monty into an easy to use platform and how the community can help.
youtu.be/kXoB49lcnAo
@tristanls.bsky.social presents Our path to an easy-to-use platform. How we’re planning to evolve Monty into an easy to use platform and how the community can help.
youtu.be/kXoB49lcnAo
2025/12 - Our Path to an Easy-to-Use Platform
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@tristanls.bsky.social presents Our path to an easy-to-use platform. How we’re planning to evolve Monty into an easy to use platform and how the community can help.
youtu.be/kXoB49lcnAo
@tristanls.bsky.social presents Our path to an easy-to-use platform. How we’re planning to evolve Monty into an easy to use platform and how the community can help.
youtu.be/kXoB49lcnAo
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Jeremy Shoemaker presents Making a PR to tbp.monty. The PR process from idea to merge, including tests, style checks, and benchmarks.
youtu.be/79PXMlcxtRQ
Jeremy Shoemaker presents Making a PR to tbp.monty. The PR process from idea to merge, including tests, style checks, and benchmarks.
youtu.be/79PXMlcxtRQ
2025/12 - Making a Pull Request to tbp.monty
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Jeremy Shoemaker presents Making a PR to tbp.monty. The PR process from idea to merge, including tests, style checks, and benchmarks.
youtu.be/79PXMlcxtRQ
Jeremy Shoemaker presents Making a PR to tbp.monty. The PR process from idea to merge, including tests, style checks, and benchmarks.
youtu.be/79PXMlcxtRQ
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Will Warren presents Ways to contribute. How to find your path into the project.
youtu.be/_31c30N84uc
Will Warren presents Ways to contribute. How to find your path into the project.
youtu.be/_31c30N84uc
2025/12 - Ways to Contribute
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Will Warren presents Ways to contribute. How to find your path into the project.
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Will Warren presents Ways to contribute. How to find your path into the project.
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@ramymounir.com presents Looking into Monty’s “brain.” Interactive visualizations to get an intuitive understanding of how Monty thinks and learns.
youtu.be/xbhf4yzpzx8
@ramymounir.com presents Looking into Monty’s “brain.” Interactive visualizations to get an intuitive understanding of how Monty thinks and learns.
youtu.be/xbhf4yzpzx8
2025/12 - Looking Inside Monty’s “Brain”
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@ramymounir.com presents Looking into Monty’s “brain.” Interactive visualizations to get an intuitive understanding of how Monty thinks and learns.
youtu.be/xbhf4yzpzx8
@ramymounir.com presents Looking into Monty’s “brain.” Interactive visualizations to get an intuitive understanding of how Monty thinks and learns.
youtu.be/xbhf4yzpzx8
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@hojaeklee.bsky.social presents Getting started with Monty. Running your first experiment, including a brief intro to configs and Monty’s class structure, plus where to find more information.
youtu.be/z1tr34V1YV0
@hojaeklee.bsky.social presents Getting started with Monty. Running your first experiment, including a brief intro to configs and Monty’s class structure, plus where to find more information.
youtu.be/z1tr34V1YV0
2025/12 - Getting Started With Monty
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@hojaeklee.bsky.social presents Getting started with Monty. Running your first experiment, including a brief intro to configs and Monty’s class structure, plus where to find more information.
youtu.be/z1tr34V1YV0
@hojaeklee.bsky.social presents Getting started with Monty. Running your first experiment, including a brief intro to configs and Monty’s class structure, plus where to find more information.
youtu.be/z1tr34V1YV0
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@canoetrip.bsky.social presents Meet Monty. Fundamental principles and how they relate to the neocortex.
youtu.be/Nl1m0edx9_0
@canoetrip.bsky.social presents Meet Monty. Fundamental principles and how they relate to the neocortex.
youtu.be/Nl1m0edx9_0
2025/12 - The Principles Behind Monty
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@canoetrip.bsky.social presents Meet Monty. Fundamental principles and how they relate to the neocortex.
youtu.be/Nl1m0edx9_0
@canoetrip.bsky.social presents Meet Monty. Fundamental principles and how they relate to the neocortex.
youtu.be/Nl1m0edx9_0
2025/12 - Monty’s Capabilities
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@vivianeclay.bsky.social presents The legend of Monty. Follow the Thousand Brains Project team on its journey to see how we got to where we are today
youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
@vivianeclay.bsky.social presents The legend of Monty. Follow the Thousand Brains Project team on its journey to see how we got to where we are today
youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
2025/12 - The Legend of Monty - 2021 to 2025
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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@vivianeclay.bsky.social presents The legend of Monty. Follow the Thousand Brains Project team on its journey to see how we got to where we are today
youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
@vivianeclay.bsky.social presents The legend of Monty. Follow the Thousand Brains Project team on its journey to see how we got to where we are today
youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
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We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence - YouTube
This playlist is a presentation of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence” It features nine short talks from ...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We're also streaming live on YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/a04Zvpz...
Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're also streaming live on YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/a04Zvpz...