Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.' Astro Teller failforwardhey Change image and share on social
Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon - Google-scale opportunities. Astro Teller assuregoogleloon Change image and share on social
I do believe that making a factory for innovation, a moon-shot factory, is possible. Astro Teller factoryinnovationmake Change image and share on social
We don't have some message from God that gives us a list of what's good and what's not good. Obviously, we have to make our own flawed judgments about each thing. Astro Teller flawedgodgood Change image and share on social
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. Astro Teller actbuilddevice Change image and share on social
There is no law of physics that says just because we're connected, there has to be this schism between our physical lives and our digital lives. Astro Teller connectdigitallaw Change image and share on social
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. Astro Teller bigbodygive Change image and share on social
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?' Astro Teller computerfunctionalitygive share on social
We don't take on Google Glass or the self-driving car project or Project Loon unless we think that on a risk-adjusted basis, it's worth Google's money to do it. Astro Teller adjustbasiscar Change image and share on social
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. Astro Teller awesomedeathinefficient Change image and share on social