{"id":10424,"date":"2014-03-21T19:36:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=10424"},"modified":"2017-04-26T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:22:30","slug":"zuckerberg-musk-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/zuckerberg-musk-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-company","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"socialByline\">\n<li class=\"popC byName popClosed\"><a class=\"popTrigger\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/A\/biography\/1239\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Reed Albergotti \u2014 Wall Street Journal<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/E\/musk,-elo\/1173\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Elon Musk<\/a> made the electric car cool. <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/Z\/mark,-zuckerberg\/408\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> created <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=FB\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Facebook<\/a><span id=\"0.12535215389503884\" data-exchange-iso=\"XNAS\" data-country=\"US\" data-changepercent=\"0.40316559653576234\" data-change=\"0.27\" data-iso=\"$\" data-offset=\"-4\" data-datetime=\"Mar. 21, 2014 4:00 PM\" data-volume=\"54074066.00\" data-price=\"67.24\" data-company-name=\"Facebook Inc. Cl A\" data-ticker=\"FB\" data-pc=\"66.970\" data-widget=\"dj.ticker\" data-ticker-name=\"FB\"><a class=\"tkrQuote tkrPositive\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=FB?mod=inlineTicker\" target=\"\" data-ls-seen=\"1\"><span class=\"tkrName\">FB<\/span> <span class=\"tkrChange\">+0.40%<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Ashton Kutcher portrayed <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=AAPL\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Apple<\/a><span id=\"0.8234977701855042\" data-exchange-iso=\"XNAS\" data-country=\"US\" data-changepercent=\"0.7887270663892566\" data-change=\"4.17\" data-iso=\"$\" data-offset=\"-4\" data-datetime=\"Mar. 21, 2014 4:00 PM\" data-volume=\"12417920.00\" data-price=\"532.87\" data-company-name=\"Apple Inc.\" data-ticker=\"AAPL\" data-pc=\"528.700\" data-widget=\"dj.ticker\" data-ticker-name=\"AAPL\"><a class=\"tkrQuote tkrPositive\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=AAPL?mod=inlineTicker\" target=\"\" data-ls-seen=\"1\"><span class=\"tkrName\">AAPL<\/span> <span class=\"tkrChange\">+0.79%<\/span><\/a><\/span> founder <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/J\/steve,-jobs\/605\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Steve Jobs<\/a> in a movie. Now, the three are joining in a $40 million investment in Vicarious FPC, a secretive artificial-intelligence company.<\/p>\n<p>The funding round, the second major infusion of capital for the company in two years, is the latest sign of life in artificial intelligence. Last month, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=GOOG\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Google<\/a><span id=\"0.04040495749491957\" data-exchange-iso=\"XNAS\" data-country=\"US\" data-changepercent=\"-1.1794580507200372\" data-change=\"-14.12\" data-iso=\"$\" data-offset=\"-4\" data-datetime=\"Mar. 21, 2014 4:00 PM\" data-volume=\"2863170.00\" data-price=\"1183.04\" data-company-name=\"Google Inc. Cl A\" data-ticker=\"GOOG\" data-pc=\"1197.160\" data-widget=\"dj.ticker\" data-ticker-name=\"GOOG\"><a class=\"tkrQuote tkrNegative\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/public\/quotes\/main.html?type=djn&amp;symbol=GOOG?mod=inlineTicker\" target=\"\" data-ls-seen=\"1\"><span class=\"tkrName\">GOOG<\/span> <span class=\"tkrChange\">-1.18%<\/span><\/a><\/span> acquired another AI company called Deep Mind for $400 million.<\/p>\n<p>Vicarious has an <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304851104579361191171330498\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">ambitious goal<\/a>: Replicating the neocortex, the part of the brain that sees, controls the body, understands language and does math. Translate the neocortex into computer code and \u201cyou have a computer that thinks like a person,\u201d says Vicarious co-founder Scott Phoenix. \u201cExcept it doesn\u2019t have to eat or sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/03\/21\/zuckerberg-musk-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-company-vicarious\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reed Albergotti \u2014 Wall Street Journal Elon Musk made the electric car cool. Mark Zuckerberg created FacebookFB +0.40%. Ashton Kutcher portrayed AppleAAPL +0.79% founder Steve Jobs in a movie. Now, the three are joining in a $40 million investment in Vicarious FPC, a secretive artificial-intelligence company. 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