It's unfortunate that AI researchers pay so little attention to the brain (a single slide in your talk). We need more ML people evaluating ideas from neuroscience or from such initiatives as Numenta or Spaun.
Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(17)30509-3
Saw their Ted talk, looks promising, but seems they delayed a lot.