so indian deeptech is just started but the level of companies and my the end of 2030 we will see indian deeptech which is already 6th largest startup ecosystem in deeptech seeing to 2nd/3rd very easily as our ecosystem is 3rd largest as of whole. But people like sanjeev doing things in unknown light of place and they also didn't know that india will do this better in startup in future, like in 2016 when sanjeev started he must thinking of self doubt as he is alone in journey of indian deeptech startups, mean only 100 deeptech companies back then to know almost 4000 deeptech startup. Sanjeev coming from no where to blasted the whole internet with there demos. Hope to see them going solve problems which sanjeev thought back in 2016.

Sanjeev Sharma's journey has inspired me and many perception engineers who belong to india achieve autonomous car start companies without any support from investors I Salute 🫡 this men , i wish once life personally meet in future

Oh, i worked with Robert. It will be interesting to listen 🙂

Following thanks Ilir for these podcasts,

Thoughtful and insightful questioning that allowed an expose of the guest's way of seeing and investigating the world of human interaction with society and technology

Nima is the man

🎉 great conversation ! I would have been interested diving deeper into the technical details I am also disappointed by the gap between the quality of the interview and the audio quality. The sound of the mics is pretty poor

It's becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness theories out there, the proof will be in the pudding. By this I mean, can any particular theory be used to create a human adult level conscious machine. My bet is on the late Gerald Edelman's Extended Theory of Neuronal Group Selection. The lead group in robotics based on this theory is the Neurorobotics Lab at UC at Irvine. Dr. Edelman distinguished between primary consciousness, which came first in evolution, and that humans share with other conscious animals, and higher order consciousness, which came to only humans with the acquisition of language. A machine with only primary consciousness will probably have to come first. What I find special about the TNGS is the Darwin series of automata created at the Neurosciences Institute by Dr. Edelman and his colleagues in the 1990's and 2000's. These machines perform in the real world, not in a restricted simulated world, and display convincing physical behavior indicative of higher psychological functions necessary for consciousness, such as perceptual categorization, memory, and learning. They are based on realistic models of the parts of the biological brain that the theory claims subserve these functions. The extended TNGS allows for the emergence of consciousness based only on further evolutionary development of the brain areas responsible for these functions, in a parsimonious way. No other research I've encountered is anywhere near as convincing. I post because on almost every video and article about the brain and consciousness that I encounter, the attitude seems to be that we still know next to nothing about how the brain and consciousness work; that there's lots of data but no unifying theory. I believe the extended TNGS is that theory. My motivation is to keep that theory in front of the public. And obviously, I consider it the route to a truly conscious machine, primary and higher-order. My advice to people who want to create a conscious machine is to seriously ground themselves in the extended TNGS and the Darwin automata first, and proceed from there, by applying to Jeff Krichmar's lab at UC Irvine, possibly. Dr. Edelman's roadmap to a conscious machine is at arxiv.org/abs/2105.10461

Amazing podcast. Thanks. Keep doing it

Thanks for the captions. Normalizing audio levels and getting a separate microphone would improve the podcast quality.

Great exchange 😎🚀

Top! ❤

It was a pleasure to talk to you today, Ilir! This podcast will become the top 3 robotics podcasts in 2025. Keep up the great work!

If you want to get in contact with Robert: www.linkedin.com/in/robert-%EC%A7%80%EC%98%81-liebhart/

Good Insights, As a Korean I could definitely agree with what he said :) (One more piece of advice Mr Ilir, I think It would be much better if you tag his linkedIn & business website!)

Thanks ilir

🎉👏 Congratulations, Vanessa Loiola! 👏🎉 Your journey as an immigrant in Ireland and your achievements in the field of robotics are truly inspiring! Your talent and dedication are being recognized, and it's amazing to see you being hailed as the "robot queen". Keep shining and being an example of determination and success for all of us! We're proud of you!

Its really a great podcast , iam a undergrad too currently in my 3rd semester will take the mentioned advice and motivation till the end of my life and happy to be a member in the whatsapp community (Goal Getters )

Amazing episode, worth watching!!

Didn’t even skip a minute ! This was such a good follow up to the first podcast you had with him !

Nice podcast, this episode was indeed interesting.