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
assumption fallacy humans
The assumption that humans could be a reliable back up for the system was a fallacy!
focus google world
Google[x]'s Focus on the Physical World
humanity way problem
Anything which is a huge problem for humanity we'll sign up for, if we can find a way to fix it.
technology google way
One of the missions of Google[x] is to use technology to get technology out of the way
shocked solve though
When you attack a problem as though it were solvable, even though you don't know how to solve it, you will be shocked with what you come up with. It's 100 times more worth it. It's never 100 times harder.
commands computer glass information responds
Google Glass is the wearable computer that responds to voice commands and displays information on a visual display.
audacious projects pure science
Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction.
science intelligent winning
Building intelligent machines can teach us about our minds - about who we are - and those lessons will make our world a better place. To win that knowledge, though, our species will have to trade in another piece of its vanity.
machines artificial-intelligence artificial
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies.
bravery innovation borders
Leaps of innovation require a bravery that borders on absurdity.
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.
avid compulsive life nurtured secret spending
I'm a compulsive storyteller, an avid reader, and have always nurtured the secret goal of spending my life as a writer.
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.
millions points
Your body is spewing off millions of data points a second.