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Teller: No one is better than random at predicting the future
“I, one of the core axioms at X is I do not believe that anyone, certainly including myself, is any better than random at predicting the future.”
Astro Teller Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 38:11 Google's "X" Experimental Unit CEO Astro Teller — The Incredible Promise Of AI & Its Dangers
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Teller: Artificial intelligence is just 'algebra on steroids' and math
“Artificial intelligence number one is algebra on steroids. Just so we're clear. It is a very big field of study. And when you get out of microscope and you like look down inside the computer, you cannot find the AI in there anywhere. It's just math.”
Astro Teller Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 4:43 Google's "X" Experimental Unit CEO Astro Teller — The Incredible Promise Of AI & Its Dangers
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Teller: Innovation labs must spend capital disproving hypotheses, not proving them
“Audacious enough that we'll try almost anything, but then humble enough that we're honest right after we start out on each of these investigations that we're probably wrong and that we need to spend our money figuring out that we're wrong rather than trying to…”
Astro Teller Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 37:00 Google's "X" Experimental Unit CEO Astro Teller — The Incredible Promise Of AI & Its Dangers
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Teller: Autonomous driving delays stem from human drivers' legal gray areas
“One of the things that I think caught Waymo by surprise, got us by surprise, is that there are a lot of things that human drivers do that if we want to follow the laws, we can't do. Those humans just kind of like are in the gray area a lot about how they choos…”
Astro Teller Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 44:14 Google's "X" Experimental Unit CEO Astro Teller — The Incredible Promise Of AI & Its Dangers
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Teller: Cost per ton is the only metric that matters in carbon capture
“The number of dollars it costs for you to sequester a ton of carbon is like the only thing that really matters at the end of the day.”
Astro Teller Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 54:38 Google's "X" Experimental Unit CEO Astro Teller — The Incredible Promise Of AI & Its Dangers
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