Scott Phoenix, Co-Founder of Vicarious
Among other topics, Scott discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy: * The Artificial General Intelligence differs from Artificial Narrow Intelligence * How Vicarious is applying cognitive science to build next generation general intelligence algorithms * How AI may replace more jobs than it creates, and new economic and social constructs that could ease the societal shift * Vicarious’s decision to prioritize social good over investor returns, and why more companies should do the same * How Vicarious assembled an all-star group of investors including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and more * Education and if entrepreneurship can be taught in the classroom * The balance between the promise and peril of AI * World’s Fair style demonstrations of AI, including the recent AlphaGo win and Vicarious’s 2013 cracking of CAPTCHA * How Scott thinks about staffing, and how Vicarious’s bold mission acts as a magnet for top talent Scott Phoenix's Biography Scott Phoenix is a co-founder at Vicarious, a high-profile artificial intelligence company focused on solving artificial general intelligence. Scott founded Vicarious with Dileep George in 2010. Prior to Vicarious, Scott was the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Founders Fund, and the co-founder and CEO of touchscreen analytics company Frogmetrics (a Y Combinator company). He also served as an executive at OnlySecure and Marching Order. His design work has been featured in 16 magazines and 3 museums, including the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Scott earned his BAS in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.