Powering this technology is a new computational paradigm we call the Recursive Cortical Network,” reads the home page of the budding firm.

The budding startup has already been successful in developed a system that can solve Captcha, the online tests to differentiate between a human and an automated system. Scott Phoenix, founder of Vicarious said “We aim beyond image recognition. The next milestone will be creating a computer that can understand not just shapes and objects, but the textures associated with them.” The company hopes to see a future where their systems learn how to cure diseases, create cheap and renewable energy, and perform tedious works. If the artificial intelligence startup is successful in the current project “Vicarious will have created ‘a computer that thinks like a person except it doesn't need to eat or sleep.” added Phoenix.

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