Dileep George Explained

Dileep George
Occupation:Neuroscientist
Thesis Title:How the brain might work: A hierarchical and temporal model for learning and recognition
Thesis Year:2008
Thesis Url:https://search.proquest.com/docview/304479048
Doctoral Advisor:Bernard Widrow
Alma Mater:Stanford University
Workplaces:Redwood Neuroscience Institute
Numenta
Vicarious

Dileep George is an artificial intelligence and neuroscience researcher.

Career

George received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2006 and was a visiting fellow at the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2005, George pioneered hierarchical temporal memory and cofounded the AI research startup Numenta, Inc. with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky.[1] In 2010, George left Numenta to join D. Scott Phoenix in founding Vicarious, an AI research project funded by internet billionaires Peter Thiel and Dustin Moskovitz.[2] [3]

The Alphabet-owned company Intrinsic acquired Vicarious in 2022. The AI and robotics divisions merged with Intrinsic, while the research division (including George) joined DeepMind.[4] As of 2022, George is a Research Scientist at DeepMind.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Markoff . John . A New Company to Focus on Artificial Intelligence . The New York Times . 2005-03-24 . 2012-04-05.
  2. The Wall Street Journal . Vicarious Systems Says Its Artificial Intelligence Is The Real Deal.
  3. Web site: Ha. Anthony. Early Facebook Executives Back AI Startup Vicarious Systems. New York Times. 4 December 2013.
  4. https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/22/alphabet-owned-intrinsic-is-acquiring-fellow-robotic-software-firm-vicarious/