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Socher is joined in the new venture by a cohort of prominent AI researchers
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TechCrunch spoke with him on Zoom after the launch, digging into Recursive’s unique technical approach and why he doesn’t think of this new project as a neolab, the informal term for a new generation of AI startups that prioritize research over building products.
Key facts
- Socher is joined in the new venture by a cohort of prominent AI researchers, including Peter Norvig and Cresta co-founder Tim Shi
- Richard Socher has been a major figure in AI for some time, best known for founding the early chatbot startup You.com and, before that, his work on ImageNet
- First [it would automate] AI research ideas, eventually any kind of research ideas, even eventually in the physical domains
- Their unique approach is to use open-endedness to get to recursive self-improvement, which no one has yet achieved
Summary
Richard Socher has been a major figure in AI for some time, best known for founding the early chatbot startup You.com and, before that, his work on ImageNet. Socher is joined in the new venture by a cohort of prominent AI researchers, including Peter Norvig and Cresta co-founder Tim Shi. The team hear a lot about recursion these days! Their unique approach is to use open-endedness to get to recursive self-improvement, which no one has yet achieved. A lot of people already assume it happens when you do auto-research.