# Video Discussions **URL:** https://forum.thousandbrains.org/c/video-discussions/8.md [Latest](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Video Discussions category](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/about-the-video-discussions-category/28)
**Author:** [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/about-the-video-discussions-category/28 "2024-10-30T11:02:28Z")
This category is for discussions about specific videos that are posted on our YouTube --- ## [08/2026 - Recent Changes to Monty’s Cortical Message Protocol and Reference Frames](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-recent-changes-to-monty-s-cortical-message-protocol-and-reference-frames/1228)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-recent-changes-to-monty-s-cortical-message-protocol-and-reference-frames/1228 "2026-10-22T15:08:29Z")
@rmounir presents recent architectural changes to Monty’s Learning Modules and Cortical Messaging Protocol (CMP) to make spatial processing and hierarchical learning more flexible. One major change separates sensory fe… --- ## [2026/09 - Latest Results on Learning and Inferring Compositional Objects](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-09-latest-results-on-learning-and-inferring-compositional-objects/1227)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-09-latest-results-on-learning-and-inferring-compositional-objects/1227 "2026-10-20T14:16:38Z")
@nleadholm shares recent progress on compositional object modeling in Monty. By learning objects as compositional objects (combinations of reusable components) rather than as isolated, monolithic representations, Monty … --- ## [2026/10 - Q4 Roadmap and Q3 Review](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-10-q4-roadmap-and-q3-review/1225)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-10-q4-roadmap-and-q3-review/1225 "2026-10-15T15:00:17Z")
@tslominski reviews the Thousand Brain’s progress in Q3 2026 and outlines the team’s priorities for Q4. This update covers research advances, including figuring out how to represent attention in Monty, separating featur… --- ## [2027/09 - Community Shoutouts](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-09-community-shoutouts/1221)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-09-community-shoutouts/1221 "2026-10-13T15:23:51Z")
@brothman thanks the community for their helpful contributions in September 2026. Main Video 0:00 Community Shoutouts 0:17 Contributing (Telemetry MVP Merged @AgentRev) 0:45 Contributing (Reinforcement L… --- ## [08/2026 - Reference Frame Merging & Splitting (a Hackathon Prototype)](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-reference-frame-merging-splitting-a-hackathon-prototype/1220)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-reference-frame-merging-splitting-a-hackathon-prototype/1220 "2026-10-13T13:45:06Z")
@nleadholm explores how reference frames can be merged and split as Monty learns compositional object models without supervision. Building on our hackathon prototype from the 2026 Rome Focus Week, he discusses a hierar… --- ## [2026/08 - Rome Focus Week Final Presentations](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-08-rome-focus-week-final-presentations/1215)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-08-rome-focus-week-final-presentations/1215 "2026-10-13T11:14:53Z")
The team presents the results from the Rome Focus Week Retreat. Team Mighty Mouse demos their ARC-AGI-3 integration, Team Fate Attenzione demos their new attention system prototype in Monty, and Team Janus demos a new ab… --- ## [08/2026 - Attention in Monty (a Hackathon Prototype)](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-attention-in-monty-a-hackathon-prototype/1219)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-attention-in-monty-a-hackathon-prototype/1219 "2026-10-05T15:08:02Z")
@sknudstrup discusses a new attention system prototype for Monty that combines bottom-up salience with top-down signals from learning modules. The short-term goal is to constrain movement and sensory input to a specific… --- ## [2026/08 - Rome Focus Week Awards](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-08-rome-focus-week-awards/1216)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-08-rome-focus-week-awards/1216 "2026-10-01T18:05:25Z")
:trophy: :it: The Attention Team takes home the spam can! Their ambitious project added a new attention system prototype to Monty. Watch the judges announce our Rome Focus Week hackathon winner here: :trophy: :trophy: … --- ## [08/2026 - Project Proposals for the Rome Focus Week](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-project-proposals-for-the-rome-focus-week/1211)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/08-2026-project-proposals-for-the-rome-focus-week/1211 "2026-09-24T14:12:24Z")
The team shares project ideas for the upcoming Rome Monty focus week hackathon. Several proposed projects focus on unsupervised learning: how can Monty learn objects it hasn’t seen before, expand its object categories, … --- ## [2027/08 - Ideas on Implementing Attention in Monty](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-08-ideas-on-implementing-attention-in-monty/1208)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-08-ideas-on-implementing-attention-in-monty/1208 "2026-09-22T14:38:01Z")
@nleadholm and @sknudstrup explore what an attention system might look like inside Monty. They discuss a salience sensor module that segments 2D images into spatial attention regions, the use of voxel grids to represen… --- ## [2026/07 - Upcoming and Ongoing Engineering Platform Changes](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-upcoming-and-ongoing-engineering-platform-changes/1188 "2026-09-18T18:27:49Z")
@tslominski presents on the upcoming and ongoing engineering platform changes. He explores the future of Monty, and how we’re hard at work to separate Monty from experiment infrastructure and simulated environments. Tris… --- ## [2027/08 - Community Shoutouts](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-08-community-shoutouts/1200)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-08-community-shoutouts/1200 "2026-09-16T15:03:44Z")
@brothman thanks the community for their helpful contributions in August 2026. Main Video 0:00 Introduction 0:19 @AgentRev — Telemetry MVP Pull Request 0:53 @Aleksei — Reinforcement Learn… --- ## [2027/07 - Ideas on Representing Symmetry in Monty](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-07-ideas-on-representing-symmetry-in-monty/1191)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-07-ideas-on-representing-symmetry-in-monty/1191 "2026-09-09T15:28:30Z")
@vclay explores a new approach to symmetry in Monty, where Monty detects symmetry as it learns an object, storing that information directly in its model. Monty can then avoid initializing redundant hypotheses in future e… --- ## [07/2026 - ARC-AGI 3 Review and What Monty Would Need to Solve it](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-arc-agi-3-review-and-what-monty-would-need-to-solve-it/1181)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-arc-agi-3-review-and-what-monty-would-need-to-solve-it/1181 "2026-09-04T09:39:51Z")
@vclay presents on ARC-AGI 3, an interactive benchmark designed to test whether AI agents can efficiently adapt to unfamiliar tasks without relying on language, external knowledge, or memorized/pre-trained solutions. T… --- ## [2026/07 - Robotic Object Recognition for Thousand Brains Systems](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-robotic-object-recognition-for-thousand-brains-systems/1173)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-robotic-object-recognition-for-thousand-brains-systems/1173 "2026-09-01T13:01:58Z")
Special guest @Zachary\_Danzig shares his undergraduate thesis with the team. Zachary’s hard work brought Monty onto real robotic hardware. His project combined a stereo camera (to act as a distant agent), a time-of-fligh… --- ## [2025/12 - Looking Inside Monty’s “Brain”](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2025-12-looking-inside-monty-s-brain/888)
**Author:** [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2025-12-looking-inside-monty-s-brain/888 "2026-08-22T10:02:28Z")
@rmounir walks through how Monty populates and explores the hypothesis space for object and pose recognition with interactive visualizations. He shows how Monty prunes and samples new hypotheses as part of its sensorimot… --- ## [2026/04 - Focus Week Recap on Temporary Models in the Hippocampus](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-04-focus-week-recap-on-temporary-models-in-the-hippocampus/1123)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-04-focus-week-recap-on-temporary-models-in-the-hippocampus/1123 "2026-08-22T00:24:03Z")
@jhawkins explores how the hippocampus supports rapid learning and temporary memory. Covering brain anatomy, grid cells, and insights from Henry Molaison (H.M.), the discussion examines how the brain forms episodic memor… --- ## [07/2026 - FENS Conference Recap](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-fens-conference-recap/1174)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-fens-conference-recap/1174 "2026-08-20T21:59:01Z")
@tslominski shares highlights from the FENS conference. He covers a few interesting bits of neuroscience research he came across, relevant to spatial representation and sensorimotor processing. Some topics discussed incl… --- ## [07/2026 - Deep Dive into Grid Cell Literature](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-deep-dive-into-grid-cell-literature/1178)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/07-2026-deep-dive-into-grid-cell-literature/1178 "2026-08-19T14:53:20Z")
@vclay leads a deep dive into grid cell literature. Some topics discussed include how brains continually update existing models with new information, create separate models when necessary, and combine old and new knowle… --- ## [2027/07 - Community Shoutouts](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-07-community-shoutouts/1177)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2027-07-community-shoutouts/1177 "2026-08-12T14:32:43Z")
@brothman thanks the community for their helpful contributions in July 2026. We also want to thank @AgentRev for sharing a helpful paper on representations along the cortical hierarchy, who mentioned how these results … --- ## [Indirect tactile sensing](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/indirect-tactile-sensing/1175)
**Author:** [@tslominski](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/tslominski)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/indirect-tactile-sensing/1175 "2026-08-07T20:19:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from 2026/07 - Robotic Object Recognition for Thousand Brains Systems about tactile sensors: Hi @Alex, I’m curious about the in-between solutions. For example, if I pick up a pencil, I can indi… --- ## [2026/06 - Attention and Model-Free Segmentation](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-attention-and-model-free-segmentation/1170)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-attention-and-model-free-segmentation/1170 "2026-08-04T15:32:22Z")
@nleadholm and @sknudstrup discuss attention as an area-based constraint, something distinct from target poses, that can influence where Monty focuses its resources. We explored concrete approaches to combining model-fre… --- ## [2026/07 - Open-Ended Discussion on Open Theory Questions](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-open-ended-discussion-on-open-theory-questions/1171)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-open-ended-discussion-on-open-theory-questions/1171 "2026-07-30T14:23:32Z")
@vclay leads an open-ended discussion on the remaining open theory questions for the Thousand Brains Theory. The high-level categories we discuss are attention/segmentation/input sharing, scale & deformations, unsupervi… --- ## [2026/06 - Grid Cells and Location Representation](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-grid-cells-and-location-representation/1168)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-grid-cells-and-location-representation/1168 "2026-07-23T14:59:50Z")
@jhawkins and @hlee led a brainstorming session around the nature of reference frames and how they work in the brain. They discussed papers on grid cells and explored how grid cell and place cell mechanisms could lead to… --- ## [2026/06 - Brainstorming on Location Representations in the Cortex](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-brainstorming-on-location-representations-in-the-cortex/1166)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-brainstorming-on-location-representations-in-the-cortex/1166 "2026-07-21T14:42:28Z")
@jhawkins raised three unresolved problems in our theory that seem related to reference frames. He shared an idea he had just encountered about how grid cell modules overlap. If we extend that behavior into the cortex, w… --- ## [2026/06 - Visual Saliency for Efficient Learning and Exploration](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-visual-saliency-for-efficient-learning-and-exploration/1162)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-visual-saliency-for-efficient-learning-and-exploration/1162 "2026-07-16T14:10:08Z")
@sknudstrup presents exciting new results showing that visual saliency exploration provides clear, interpretable ways to guide Monty’s sensors. This allows for learning models with greater sparsity without sacrificing a… --- ## [2026/07 - Q3 Roadmap and Q2 Review](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-q3-roadmap-and-q2-review/1159)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-07-q3-roadmap-and-q2-review/1159 "2026-07-14T15:50:23Z")
@vclay reviews the Thousand Brain’s progress in Q2 2026 and outlines the team’s priorities for Q3. This update covers research advances, including integrating the saliency policy and 2D Sensor Module into Monty, combini… --- ## [2026/06 - Community Shoutouts](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-community-shoutouts/1156)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-community-shoutouts/1156 "2026-07-09T14:22:20Z")
@vclay thanks the community for their valuable contributions in June 2026. Check out our documentation to see how to get involved: Ways to Contribute Check out our latest publication (mentioned in the video): https://d… --- ## [2026/06 - Attentional Regions, Policies, and Prediction Error](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-attentional-regions-policies-and-prediction-error/1155)
**Author:** [@TBP-Announcements](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/TBP-Announcements)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2026-06-attentional-regions-policies-and-prediction-error/1155 "2026-07-09T11:43:27Z")
@vclay and @nleadholm discuss attentional regions, policies, and prediction error. They wonder about how to have Monty focus its attention on areas in space instead of discrete points. They discuss how attention relates … [Next page](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/c/video-discussions/8.md?page=1)