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Jun 2024
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A Conversation with Alphabet’s Captain o...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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Astro Teller, the CEO of Aphabet’s X, runs a lab dedicated to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems while also coming up with viable businesses. After he spoke at the WSJ’s Future of Everything festival, we sat down with him to talk about A.I., self-driving cars, and the changing economy of tech.


Further Watching:

-Astro Teller’s Meaning of Life 


Further Listening:

-Google CEO Sundar Pichai on How AI Could Change Search 

-The Future of Self-Driving Cars Is Here 

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