# 288 - Guest: Suzanne Gildert, Quantum Entrepreneur, part 2 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2.md Podcast: [Artificial Intelligence and You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707) Published: 2025-12-22T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://aiandyou.net/e/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fsqmjcqnv49d53s6/288_AI-and-You.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707/episodes/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2 Duration seconds: 1828 ## Resource This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . What is consciousness? That’s a profound question that many would say is unanswerable. And how could you make artificial consciousness? That’s a more profound question that many would say is impossible. We are talking with Suzanne Gildert, founder of Nirvanic, a Quantum-AI research company, who is not just talking about consciousness, she’s doing something about it. She is a prolific inventor with more than 60 US patents in quantum computing, humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence. Suzanne has a PhD in experimental quantum physics and was the founder of two robot companies, Kindred AI, and Sanctuary AI. At Nirvanic she seeks to understand consciousness and innovate conscious AI using quantum computing. In the conclusion of our interview, we talk about how robots will use quantum computing, world models and what robots really can and can’t do right now, form factors for robots, and the connection between robot consciousness and finding our purpose in the world. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines. Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707/episodes/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificial-intelligence-and-you-381707/288-guest-suzanne-gildert-quantum-entrepreneur-part-2.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.