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Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Re: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Post by trekky1700 »

When Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher invest in things, it doesn't really grab my attention. But when Musk does, it really does sound promising.

The company's tech sounds really awesome, being able to perceive texture from photos and interpret objects from it would be so useful in so many real world applications.

Re: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Post by speeq »

trekky1700 wrote: post #2

When Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher invest in things, it doesn't really grab my attention. But when Musk does, it really does sound promising. The company's tech sounds really awesome, being able to perceive texture from photos and interpret objects from it would be so useful in so many real world applications.

I think Elon Musk also invested in Stripe, which I found was interesting.

Re: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Post by SuperChihuahua »

This fits Elon Musk's vision. He had 3 main and 2 smaller things that in the future will most affect the future of humanity.

Main: the Internet, the transition to a sustainable energy economy, and space exploration, particularly extension of life to multiple planets

Smaller: artificial intelligence and biology

Re: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Post by skadamat »

speeq wrote: post #5
trekky1700 wrote: post #2

When Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher invest in things, it doesn't really grab my attention. But when Musk does, it really does sound promising. The company's tech sounds really awesome, being able to perceive texture from photos and interpret objects from it would be so useful in so many real world applications.

I think Elon Musk also invested in Stripe, which I found was interesting.

In an interview he emphasized that he was a tiny initial investor / had no idea what they were doing (I'm guessing Peter Thiel convinced him to since Stripe was trying to help make their initial vision for Paypal a reality)

Re: Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious

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Post by skadamat »

arfliw wrote: post #3

First time I've ever heard of Mark Zuckerberg investing in anything, separate from Facebook. He always cited 'focus' as the reason why he never does it.

He also invested in Panorama Education - http://www.crunchbase.com/person/mark-zuckerberg
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