Alphabet X's CEO Has A Vision For AI Moonshots — With Astro Teller

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Astro Teller is the CEO of X, Alphabet's moonshot division. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a taping in front of a live audience at Summit at Sea to discuss the calculations society must make around advancing AI research and how the technology can help the world. Listen for a dynamic discussion that digs into Teller's family history, the current 'moonshots' that X is taking, and whether AI moonshots should've stayed separate from Google for longer. Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Michael Kovnet, host of The Next Big Idea Daily.
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0:24.2	LinkedIn Presents. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.
0:50.9	And we are here with Astro Teller, who's the captain of Moonshots and the CEO of X at Alphabet.
0:58.1	Thanks for having me. All right. Now, as you can hear, we're doing this in front of a live
1:06.4	audience here at Summit at C. And folks, I think you just clapped a little bit, but I really want you to be on the recording.
1:13.0	So let's hear it.
1:14.2	You got to be loud.
1:22.9	Doesn't it feel so good to be back in person again, man.
1:25.6	For sure.
1:26.5	Is this your first time doing something in front of a live audience?
1:29.2	I've done it a few times, but nothing as boisterous as this.
1:32.1	This is amazing.
1:33.2	So thanks everybody for coming.
1:35.9	You know, Astro, as I was doing my research for our conversation, which is billed as maybe
1:40.9	an optimistic look at AI coming from you.
1:49.3	I was looking into your background and saw that your grandfather, Edward Teller,
1:53.1	is the father of the thermonuclear bomb.
1:55.4	Yes.
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