# Explore the Thousand Brains Project: Online Meetup with Jeff Hawkins and Team **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 18, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148 "2024-11-18T23:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/1 "2024-11-18T23:45:07Z")
Hi TBP Community! 👋 We are scheduling an online Meetup on December 4th at 9AM PST, where Jeff, Viviane, Niels, and I will present about the Thousand Brains Project! There will be a lot of exciting content. The tentative agenda is as follows: - Jeff will outline how the principles of the neocortex, as described in the Thousand Brains Theory, will shape the AI of the future and how we are implementing an open-source framework based on those principles. - Then Viviane Clay, the director of the Thousand Brains Project, and Niels Leadholm, our Research Manager, will present the implementation, which we have lovingly called Monty after Vernon Mountcastle, who initially proposed that there is a general algorithm encoded in the columns of the neocortex. - Then, I will go over the open-source resources available to you and ways to get involved. We hope you can come. We’re excited to share our internal journey so far and what we think the next part of our journey will look like. We’ll also have a Q&A session where you can ask questions through the meetup website, so feel free to prepare questions in advance. [Please sign up here if you’re interested](https://www.meetup.com/thousand-brains-project/events/304416178/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link)! ---
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/2 "2024-11-19T14:18:45Z")
Just to note this will be recorded and we’ll be putting it up on the Thousand Brains YouTube channel soon after. [Subscribe here](https://www.youtube.com/@thousandbrainsproject?sub_confirmation=1) ---
**Author:** ![mthiboust](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/mthiboust/32/577_2.png) [@mthiboust](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/mthiboust)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/3 "2024-11-19T15:56:24Z")
> [@brainwaves](#): > > which we have lovingly called Monty after Vernon Mountcastle I was wondering why you called it _Monty_. Makes sense now! ---
**Author:** ![moe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/moe/32/42_2.png) [@moe](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/moe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/4 "2024-11-19T22:30:44Z")
I’ve been binge-watching TBP videos and I’m very excited to participate in the Meetup! 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/5 "2024-11-26T16:22:52Z")
Top of piling in case you missed it! [![meetup OSS Launch poster](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/thousandbrains/original/1X/1080b448851cae01de2079b2868f43b711b2fa4c.jpeg)](https://www.meetup.com/thousand-brains-project/events/304416178) > **[Thousand Brains Project Launch Symposium, Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 9:00 AM | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/thousand-brains-project/events/304416178)** > > Join \*\*Jeff Hawkins\*\* and the Thousand Brains Project Team as we present the origin, vision, and execution of our new open-source initiative, the Thousand Brains Project. � ---
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/6 "2024-12-04T13:28:57Z")
Today’s the day - the meetup starts at 9 am PST! ---
**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/7 "2024-12-04T19:42:17Z")
Great presentation! Informative and accessible - thank you to all involved! I understand you’ll perhaps create a video to address the many attendee questions you couldnt get to. Can those questions be summarisized and answered on this forum too? ---
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/8 "2024-12-04T20:13:15Z")
Thanks @Matt Thats a great idea! I think that would be possible. ---
**Author:** ![forestacorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce73a5/32.png) [@forestacorn](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/forestacorn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/9 "2024-12-04T20:54:42Z")
Looking forward to viewing the recording. For me and my time zone it was a slightly awkward time of day to view more than the beginning of the live meeting, which looked good and familiar due to me having read some introductory material, I’m sure the rest of the meeting will help progress my understanding. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![brainwaves](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/brainwaves/32/3_2.png) [@brainwaves](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/brainwaves)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/10 "2024-12-05T16:31:29Z")
Video is posted over here: [2024/12 Open-Source Launch Symposium](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/2024-12-open-source-launch-symposium/260) ---
**Author:** ![evanuno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.thousandbrains.org/evanuno/32/248_2.png) [@evanuno](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/evanuno)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/explore-the-thousand-brains-project-online-meetup-with-jeff-hawkins-and-team/148/11 "2025-12-21T03:18:08Z")
Not because it’s written in Python?