"It was incredible to work at Google and not just because of the free food, famous speakers, and crazy office space. There was an atmosphere of revolution, like we were there to make real change. I spent over 10 years there, and in early 2017, I pivoted to working on Google Duplex, a calling assistant that uses AI. At that time, it felt like AI was starting to take off, and we were at the forefront."
"I spent a couple of years working on Google Checkout, before taking a brief break from the company to work for a startup in Palo Alto. I returned to Google in December 2009 and spent time on several teams, including Google Maps, emerging markets, and corporate engineering. One day, I asked a colleague who'd recently moved to a new team what she was working on, but she said she couldn't really talk about it."
"I had no idea what I was walking into, but Google Duplex blew me away I spoke to her manager, who showed me an early demo of the project, which was called Blue Ginger before it became Google Duplex. It was an AI calling up a restaurant and booking a reservation. Even at that early stage, the voice sounded so real that it reminded me of the movie "Her." I"
Met an early Google employee in New York, then applied and joined Google in 2007 as a manager on the Google Checkout payments team. Worked at Google for over ten years across Checkout, Maps, emerging markets, and corporate engineering, with a brief break to join a Palo Alto startup. Returned to Google in December 2009. In early 2017, pivoted to Google Duplex, an AI calling assistant initially codenamed Blue Ginger. Saw an early demo where the system booked a restaurant reservation. Found the synthetic voice extremely realistic, comparable to the voice in the movie "Her."
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