1. A system, comprising: a hierarchy of computing modules configured to learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, the hierarchy further configured to determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause, and the hierarchy having a first level of computing modules and a second level of at least one computing module, wherein at least one of the computing modules in the first level operates on a first server, and wherein the at least one computing module in the second level operates on a second server; and at least one message manager module configured to relay information between the first server and the second server.