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
people unless worn
There's no point having something worn on your body - that's a big ask - unless you can give people something they really couldn't get otherwise. It has to be qualitatively better for it to be worn.
glasses ourselves pair rather trying understanding
Rather than thinking of ourselves as a computer, and trying to give you computer-like functionality, it's better to start from the understanding that this is a pair of glasses, and say, 'How smart can we make these glasses for you?'
people
Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.
great mix
Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.
car imagine meant people text
People text when they're meant to actually be driving. So imagine what they do when they think the car's got it under control.
millions points
Your body is spewing off millions of data points a second.
issue number throw
Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.
digital glass harmonize people physical time
The moonshot for Google Glass is to harmonize the physical and digital worlds. It is specifically to find a way to help people be naturally, elegantly situated, physical and digitally, at the same time.
build devices goal learn understand
The real goal of AI is to understand and build devices that can perceive, reason, act, and learn at least as well as we can.
human
Ultimately, a timeless story has to be about the human condition.
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.
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.