Fail miserably. But he says that is all part of the magic. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, astro teller, head of alphabets x lab. And captain of moonshots, which is your official title, as i understand it. Astro it is. I function as the ceo, but i go by captain of moonshots. Emily you rolled in on wheels. This is your standard mode of transportation . Astro it is. Emily how much time do you think you shave off . Astro i have worked that out. Its about eight minutes a day. Emily wow. [laughter] astro its a big building. Emily you are making the most of those eight minutes. We are in the x lab, just a couple miles south of googles headquarters. This is where the magic happens, or sometimes doesnt happen, as you are quick to point out, because you have far more failures than you do successes. What is the mission of x . Astro x was created to be the part of alphabet that would make, hopefully, some new googles for alphabet to have. Things like waymo, the selfdriving car business
And weapons the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne and the like. We need to continu
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