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
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Google[x]'s Focus on the Physical World
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One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way
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VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.
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There's this open question of what Google is going to be a decade or more from now. Google X isn't the only answer to that question, but it was built as a place to do some of the exploration to find some great new problems for Google to tackle.
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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.
We're going to look back and wonder why we had to micro-control our cars.
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Ultimately, a timeless story has to be about the human condition.
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We are proposing that there is value in a totally new product category and a totally new set of questions. Just like the Apple II proposed, 'Would you reasonably want a computer in your home if you weren't an accountant or professional?' That is the question Glass is asking, and I hope in the end that is how it will be judged.
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When you try to do something ten per cent better, you tend to work from where you are: if I ask you to make a car that goes 50 miles a gallon, you can just retool the engine you already have.
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Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a jetpack that wasn't a death trap? The problem is that it is going to be so power inefficient. I just couldn't live with that... it would be as loud as a motorcycle.
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The assumption that humans could be a reliable back up for the system was a fallacy!
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Anything which is a huge problem for humanity we'll sign up for, if we can find a way to fix it.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies.
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Leaps of innovation require a bravery that borders on absurdity.