Astro Teller
Astro Teller
Astro Telleris an entrepreneur, scientist, and author, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 May 1970
rate
Going from an error rate of 25 meters in GPS to 2.5 meters is huge. Going to 25 centimeters is going to matter just as much.
glass
Glass is the world's worst spy camera. If you want to surreptitiously take photos, I would not use Glass.
changing generally glass grant issues move needle people
I grant that people are generally uncomfortable with how fast privacy issues are changing in the world, but Google Glass is not going to move the needle on that.
believe environment learning
I don't believe a mistake-free learning environment exists.
believe
I believe that the right thing for us to do, as much as we can and without confusing people, is to talk about how we're doing, the things that are going well but also the things that aren't going well.
bright groups incredibly lots software
Google is already overflowing with incredibly creative bright groups already working on lots of the software problems of the world.
commands computer glass information responds
Google Glass is the wearable computer that responds to voice commands and displays information on a visual display.
believe factory
I do believe that making a factory for innovation, a moon-shot factory, is possible.
contest people
If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone else in the world - and you're going to lose. There are too many smart people in the world.
best people
If you want to explore things you haven't explored, having people who look just like you and think just like you is not the best way.
bag great
If software's the only thing in your bag of tools, I'm not going to give you great odds.
I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.
bitten constantly paranoid
If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able to evangelise to everyone else. On the other hand, if you aren't constantly paranoid about what can go wrong and put plans in place, then you're going to get bitten at some point.
future google happen likely physical
If we want to help Google become something meaningfully different in the future, then that's more likely to happen if we focus on the physical world instead.