"I hope that AI becomes a partner to people rather than something that replaces or eliminates humans. I believe that in ten years AI will be more reliable, allowing us to trust it with many tasks. If robots become common, that is a good thing because they save time on labor like washing dishes. Today, language models still hallucinate, so we double-check their work. In the future, I hope we can rely on AI without constant verification, coexisting with it and becoming far more productive together.” - Kelvin Chan, AI researcher at Google" - Kelvin Chan
"One year ago, I did not expect image editing or image generation to become this good. There is always something new in this field, which is why I stay excited working in AI at Google. We do not know where the limit is, and that uncertainty drives me every day. Ironically, I have no artistic sense at all, yet I work on images. When I take photos for friends, they usually retake them because I cannot frame good shots. That became a motivation for me to work on image editing and generation, because now I can take a random photo and ask AI to adjust the angle or make it more artistic. It is genuinely useful, and it saves me from my friends’ sarcasm.” - Kelvin Chan, AI researcher at Google" - Kelvin Chan
"Google encourages us to use the AI tools we build because using them is the fastest way to understand what people need and what can be improved. When we build the tools and then use them ourselves, we learn how to refine them and create better models for the public. This feedback loop makes the work more effective and is what makes this an exciting moment to be working at the frontier of AI.” - Kelvin Chan, AI researcher at Google" - Kelvin Chan
In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on going from math to Google AI, Nano Banana, how it's built, and where it's headed.
Keywords: Kelvin Chan, From Math to Google AI, Nano Banana, How It Is Built and Where It Is Headed, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Artificial Intelligence, Founder Story
