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Everyday Encounters: A Strawberry resident looks to empower people in using AI

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Strawberry resident Juan Jurado, seen at Zelinsky Park Oct. 14, says he wants to build artificial-intelligence programs that help ‘super-charge’ humans in using technology. A Stanford University graduate, Jurado is an entrepreneur who is developing AI programs that benefit the construction industry. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)
Strawberry resident Juan Jurado, seen at Zelinsky Park Oct. 14, says he wants to build artificial-intelligence programs that help ‘super-charge’ humans in using technology. A Stanford University graduate, Jurado is an entrepreneur who is developing AI programs that benefit the construction industry. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)

While his wife and two young children are inside the Belvedere-Tiburon Library, Strawberry resident Juan Jurado sits outside with some light reading: “Patent It Yourself,” a guide to filing patents.

What he hopes to patent is confidential, Jurado says, but he has some ideas worth pursuing.

“I mean, in the AI space, every day there’s a major breakthrough,” he says.


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