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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Our culture already has a number of well known stories about artificial life and non-human intelligence. In 'Exegesis,' I've tried to not only tell a new and engaging story but also to comment on those well known stories through the details of my novel.
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Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.'
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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Google[x]'s Focus on the Physical World
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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.
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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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Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding,