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Somebody sent me and it was a good friend of mine a link. I think it was on Facebook messenger and it said hey, man I found you on this video and check it out. That’s crazy Is that really you and it’s a video and you’re interested like what video? Oh my god, what happened there? You’re really intrigued you click on it and immediately I got a virus alert, right? So these things really work I also had with my mom a couple years ago Like she called me like I just want to call you back about when will you be able to pay me back? And I was like pay me back So Hello everyone and welcome to another
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Innovatology podcast innovatology is a space where we decode latest tech and innovation for you For wider public because we find out that there is a gap on the market and not a lots of people know About what is going on, especially since the boost of the artificial intelligence So if you are interested in the latest tech and innovations then subscribe to innovatology Because we have a lot for you in stake And today we’re uh joined by by a guest jacob vanish or how I know in cuba. Uh, I know cuba from my from my work. Uh, we used to Not work together. Uh, but uh, we were connected when especially when I was working in prague Um to be honest, I was always very much inspired by the Uh energy the joy was really transferable to other people and actually marie You were not the first one that introduced me to wim hof method, but it was uh, cuba that uh Method breeding techniques with us
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Um, yeah for me cuba was also let’s say a spotlight in in the prague office Uh, really putting us on the map there. I would say, uh winning multiple, uh, innovative awards I think with the absl which was really cool to see um Right now he’s no longer working at aba, but you’re doing he’s doing his own podcast, which I think is really incredible as well because Just uh made parenthood for the for the second time Uh, so i’m really interested, uh cuba, uh to learn more about from you during this discussion to understand How you what is your look on technology? On the professional life, but also the personal life, but i’ll let you uh Introduce maybe a bit more. So thanks a lot. Cedric.
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Uh, man It’s it’s really likewise the same and I always felt inspired by you I think you were such a shining bright light when you were in prague, but also outside of prague I still was always hoping that you might eventually come back to prague uh, but for me man, that was 11 years that I spent in That amazing corporate, you know anheuser busch in beth What a time and like eight different positions a lot of them connected to transformation And technology as well and those were the times that I honestly enjoyed the most I also did a lot of operational positions managing up to 150 people But like the most fun I had when I started to build something new with technology, for example building a new automation team, etc So that’s kind of you know me.
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I like novelty Um, so currently i’m not employed i’ll start a new position that I cannot really talk about yet very soon Uh, so, you know check it on linkedin probably I guess in a few weeks but uh But uh in the due time in those past six months because I had a non-compete clause I could not really work for another company. So that’s why I stayed home But honestly, that was one of the better things that happened to me because I had a second child as you just said Uh, so I have two wonderful kids ella and adam And they’re my everything and i’m so grateful that I could you know spend this time with them and during the time I also spend some time of
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um to focus on my creative aspects that I was neglecting during ABI which Can easily happen because that work just you know consumes your life Uh, so I started a podcast and a youtube channel and this kind of things and it’s so rewarding to me I really love this. So i’m grateful, you know for you guys to reach out to me I’m a big fan of inovatology Uh, I just want to go with you, you know to the next cs or some kind of event like that It will be amazing if we can call up on this Uh, you know if my wife also lets me out with those two kids, it is difficult to be honest But but i’m so glad to be here with you guys.
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It’s a it’s a huge honor Yeah, I think that that would be actually a really cool idea for the future and maybe there will also be some events In czechia in the future, right we can it would be easier for you to manage with your kids and wife, I guess totally. Yeah. Yeah, but like that’s a deal And what made you? Start your own uh podcast and vlog Actually, so I think you know When I look back At the things that I really enjoyed doing even during high school and university times, etc It was always creative aspects and especially creating movies like little short films Um, I was also always in a band like I’ve been through my life in like 12 different bands I can play seven different instruments So like the the, of course, I enjoyed being on stage and performing But the stuff that I enjoyed, even more, was creating music videos for us
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um, and I’ve learned so much, you know, uh so much about the cameras and about the setup about the mics and Like I really felt that I was neglecting it in those 11 years It’s just like it’s a hobby that I closed kind of doors forum, and you know suddenly when I found myself having a little bit more time I was like Yeah, let’s start because I was always thinking, you know, even couple years back. It’s too late You know, it’s just this market is saturated, you know, everybody on youtube is already big you cannot catch up Um, but I found out that it’s not really about it I think you know, you need to do this thing mainly for yourself And to enjoy it, uh and not look at you know The amount of subscribers or amount of views or likes or something like that But just do something that you really enjoy and then eventually maybe it will become bigger and bigger And now why actually technology?
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Why did you chose to go because I know that you said that you were working in transformation out of it Automatization etc. But uh, why did you uh, Did you then proceed with technology because I see that for example on your youtube videos, so you are interested in robots and yeah What tesla is doing etc. So where is the connection with the innovations for you? Uh, I think you know So in the end and it probably looks like that it’s just technology But in the end i’m kind of focusing on things that that I like I really enjoy following uh in my life so apart from it, it’s also supposed to be about film, uh about other media, maybe video games, uh, or even books and I also enjoy kind of health improvements right like working on myself and Running and trying different supplements and this kind of things that you get from uh Andrew huberman and this kind of podcasters as well.
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So so like we have been come on i’m also And stuff exactly So so I enjoy this stuff But uh, but technology is like probably the thing that interests me the most i’m just fascinated by this and there’s a lot happening these days Uh, so you can really cover a big ground, you know Just by following the news and you know shining the light of your own opinion on it for your audience so so it was just kind of natural because it’s something that I Would love to talk to my friends about when we get to a pub together, right? So like So so that’s that’s why I I think that’s like the idea also for me like the dream to Go out have a drink and have a talk about this kind of topics And I think for me that’s also one of the reasons that we do innovatology so that we find people that are like-minded Like in other communities At least for myself that I had in the past.
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We don’t always go into that detail It’s more like reminiscing about student life and other topics, which I mean, they’re fun, but they’re not what what what inspires me right now um What I do remember though kuba is like, okay, you might have neglected like the video editing skills for the past 11 years But I still remember your video riding your skateboard through through the office in in in prague That was really really cool. I don’t remember what it was for again I think it was like to introduce something Out of the team and it was it was really well done. Like it was super young hip and like I just for me it was the embodiment of like how I Also remembered like the the prog office And see so that’s why you know, so my my life and my heart was crying kind of craving these experiences So I was always looking for even in my work for some excuse to do this, right?
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So like when there was uh an opportunity to introduce, you know prague or this center or my team, you know to So-called lpc leadership people culture Convention that we had in abi. I was like, okay, no brainer Let’s do a video about this and I was so glad and people were always like, oh my god This must be so much work. It didn’t feel like work to me. It was it was really fun times Um, but again, I did maybe one video a year or something like that and that was definitely not enough for for my team That I can imagine uh and Technology wise like I was reading actually something very interesting That I discussed with maria as well yesterday where they were like, uh asking is Co-pilot like Genia and like chachi bt gen ai kind of technology going to replace it jobs in the next five years
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um I don’t truly believe in incomplete replacement, but I was wondering to pick your brain a bit Like what do you indeed see as like the the technologies that will disrupt and change the the landscape of professional? jobs Honestly, I think you know what open ai is on to Is just gonna get so much better so fast that maybe we’re not really ready for this it doesn’t look like look like that because Even so they just had an event, uh, what a week ago. Um to introduce Gpt for all for omni And that’s a cool step up, but it’s not gpt5 yet Uh, but it just sounds much more natural. You can you can talk to it directly and it’s super fast responding That’s that’s really really cool
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It can view your screen or you can even give it access to your camera so it can Kind of assess, you know what you’re doing You can show it the homework of your kids and it will solve it for them or guide them tutor them You know through the solution. So right now it doesn’t look all that impressive But I think we’ll just be caught off guard, you know very soon and it’s weird that you know, these two guys that were there for Um, how do they call it? Um There was this guy ilia another guy named jake and they have they had this one term Uh, basically like I think alignment Uh, so they were responsible for the final alignment with uh with the agi when we finally reach artificial general intelligence
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Uh, they were responsible to dedicate 20 of all the funds that go into open ai To have a super alignment So this ai basically doesn’t go rogue and doesn’t kill us like in terminator or or in matrix or something like that And suddenly, you know, these two guys are out for ilia Like he was not visible for 40 What was it like almost a full year or something like that? So he was not on suddenly there was one picture of him Um, you know hugging with the other guys and they just announced that he’s leaving Sounds like he left himself I don’t know and the other guy, uh just posted on twitter or x I resigned so they are both gone So there’s no alignment anymore Uh, they don’t have any plan to I don’t know hire anybody else on these positions or I don’t know how much they’re gonna spend so
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It just looks like the the race is on and they just want to get there as soon as possible because see they they see the competition from jimin From google, etc. So they just want to get there first And I guess they are not really looking into the risks that much so right now it looks like, you know fun and games But we might just wake up Not too far from now, I don’t know year and a half two years from now and we’ll just realize oh my god this is much smarter than we are and What that world looks like I have no idea Yeah, it’s currently really interesting Especially when you are hearing for example interviews with elon musk or the big players the the head of the big
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player companies They are already like disclosing something that it’s in a pipeline because they can actually see what They have crystal ball currently because the technology every time is changing the history Like when you look for example in the past it was for example We were just using horses then the car introduced we could start to have a globalization with the airplane Then the internet began we started to be the consumers of the technology But now with the ai we are starting to be actually in the position of the contributors With the help of all of the knowledge of our human history so It’s really interesting how there are really small leaks about for example How the election in the future will look like because I for example saw a bit of snapchat where elon musk was asked by one of the paparazzi like Uh, who will you vote in the u.
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s election and he started to laugh and he said like Who do you think that will win the elections in 2032 Which model of ai so I think that there is a lot in pipeline that we don’t see but these Heads of the big companies. They have the crystal ball and it’s really Interesting what we are part of currently It is but it can You know in the sense of deep fakes and especially these like big elections for countries like us We’ll have it this year and thank god. These models are not so, you know far but for the next election It probably is gonna be really really tough because the public Doesn’t really understand it I mean the three of us we we know what to look for and like we are maybe suspicious and fact-checking but What 90 percent of the people will not fact-check.
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They they just read the the article headline and that’s that’s what they need Um, and I imagine if it’s deep fake videos, you know, you just make your opinion it’s just gonna be such a dirty word It’s a world. It’s already Quite violent in the term how bipolar it is and especially during the election time So i’m a bit worried to be honest, but i’m also an optimist. So I hope you know this uh, this type of technology rather brings us closer to What we humans are supposed to do, you know Be much more creative and spiritual and you know spend time with each other and with our families And hopefully this will allow us to do just that Speaking about the families. I have here a question because you’re a father of two.
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Uh, you are interested pretty much in the technology Uh, so and when you see actually like you have your podcast Of course, we are interested in technology and we are here in this uh in this show currently but um how do you protect yourself on the daily basis because The internet is quite wild and also like when it comes to the kids they uh can be For example exposed, uh to the different let’s say cameras, etc So can you maybe tell also to our audience and us about what are the different practices that you introduce into your life? That you maybe see that other parents are not Introducing or even for your own life doesn’t need to be only for you Okay, that’s a good question.
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Um Honestly, my kids are quite young So I don’t need to really think about it that much because ella is just two and three quarters And and adam was just born three months ago uh, but there is definitely an aspect of this where I just don’t post about them or Their pictures online or anything like that. My wife does not do that And sometimes, you know, you have this fight in the family where you know One of the grandmas or grand grandmas in this case, for example, you know uploads it on her instagram I don’t know why she even has an instagram It’s amazing. Well, it’s incredible that she has that like my doesn’t even know how to work with a smartphone But it’s it’s cool that she can do that.
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But you know, it’s You have these kind of whatsapp groups, you know with your family sometimes you post pictures of the kids and suddenly, you know, it’s out there on the internet while Me and my wife would never do that to our kids. So then you have these unnecessary fights where Like it’s something kind of conflict that you Don’t want to have you know with your family But you have to do that. You have to pick up your phone and call your grandmother and tell her. Hey grandma Uh, this is too much. Please delete it um where we don’t want to expose our kids like that because of this and that right for example, somebody can I don’t know in the future take these pictures and create an ai based on this or Whatever some deep fake or use it against ella or against adam.
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So this is the way that we protect them Uh one side the other side is of course, you know, my my daughter likes to watch youtube videos, etc So I I try not to expose her to that that much so maximum like one hour in a day So maybe three times 20 minutes throughout the day or something like that and she specifically has my first ipad mini That was released what like 12 years ago or something like that. It cannot do almost anything So you can easily kind of lock it just to those few videos that you can easily watch um, so so so yeah, that’s give your kids nokia and Exactly. Yeah, exactly just the snake and play with snake and that’s it But I don’t know how it’s gonna be this will be evolving fast, right?
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Like so she will be different in a year from now when she goes to school. It’s gonna be different You know my I got my first cell phone when I was like 12 or something like that and my first smartphone only when I was Already working and on a university, right? So this is Yeah, I don’t know it’s probably way faster these days I guess maybe First things that she will have is a smartwatch or something like that So we can call her she can reach us and we will know where she is. Maybe something like that No, I I think these things They they will indeed tend to evolve super fast, right? And I think that’s why it’s also super important for you for us To simplify the message of technology so that we can use it in in the right way and that we don’t get abused by it Um, I mean with the deep fake and the elections even though it’s not that far yet like we recently also posted like
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A video I think where mona lisa was like speaking and it’s yeah It’s scarily Impressive, you know, like that trapping video that you sent, right? Yeah So it’s it’s scary, but it’s very impressive at the same time and I think here is really important For us and and and with other like-minded people to get that message across like look there are really Good stuff that we can do with it, but there’s also the the the the risks or the some considerations to take into account to use it in the in the in the way that it Is bringing a positive impact in our lives doesn’t negatively impact others. Um So yeah, I think that’s always like a risk and a barrier to consider Yeah, for example,
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remember when I was a child actually there was I was going from the school I think I was like seven years old and there was a car actually stopping and uh, they actually wanted to kidnap me I think what yes, and uh, I was going from the school I was going home and it was a really old car in our small city in czechia and it was like trabant Really green and I was going home with uh, like with the back and they stopped and they were like, oh Uh, your mom actually told us that we should pick you up in front of the school because there is a fire in your house can you just get uh into the car and uh, it was They were like a brownish.
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There was also a girl like in the back of um, uh in the back of the car A really small girl my age and I just I just freezed and I was like, no, I don’t think so I’m not going into the car. I don’t know you and then they just for you because they just left but uh That I have now in mind when we are speaking about this because uh This can be also used then in the internet because this was like my experience when I was young But I can imagine that for example the next generation they will be having this or even senior So like the most vulnerable ones that you can for example see that the mona lisa It was like definitely just a fake for now, but it’s like getting further and further And then if somebody would use you like for example Can you please send me like 1000 euros because I need help.
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I am currently in a bad situation It can be really dangerous and it’s let’s say The copy paste of the situation that I was in when I was a child but just uh turned into the virtual Atmosphere. Oh my god, such a terrific Example, that’s that’s horrible. I had no idea like So we live, you know just outside of prague in a super small village 500 inhabitants It’s 700 years old. So like this village was here even before columbus, you know went to america’s which is which is just Bonkers, like I I love that fact but but uh, so you feel kind of safe in czech republic and you know Hearing that this is something that happened to you in a small town even back, you know Some time ago, right that’s that’s really scary and I think parents are a little bit more paranoid these days.
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I definitely am with my wife. So, you know, even things like Hey, I don’t know my my parents, you know would be asking like, yeah Can you send you know your daughter via a train to us? It’s just two hour or three hour, right? No fucking way. So pardon, you know for my vulgarism that’s not gonna happen for the next I don’t know at least 10 years because And like I don’t really trust strangers in this case She cannot really do that like imagine what could happen to you This is just so so scary and I i’m just putting you know, my parenting hat on uh in this But you are right that you know when they personalize this kind of kind of things.
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It’s way more difficult to fight it um, like I think one time that I got like a virus on my phone was when Somebody sent me and it was a good friend of mine um a link I think it was on facebook messenger or something like that like five years ago and it said Hey, man, uh, I found you on this video and check it out. That’s crazy. Is that really you? I was like, what the fuck right? And it was a friend that I didn’t see for some time and it’s a video and you’re interested like what video? Oh my god, what happened there? You’re really intrigued you click on it and immediately I got a virus alert, right? So so these things really work, especially when you wake up with a hangover and then like what?
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Like What did I do? Yeah I I also had with my mom. I think a couple years ago like she called me like hey, how are you? um, I just want to call you back about like, uh, when when will you be able to pay me back and I was like What? like I I first of all, I would never ask For money, even if I would be in a difficult position because I will always figure things out and oh no Oh, no Yeah, and I mean luckily they went to the police and they were able I think to figure things out But these things are really out there. Um, well, let’s also look at the positives of technology and maybe Keep it on the on the parenting or let’s say the more adult parts of life.
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Are there any things like technology or also just innovation like we supplement that help you through your journey as a parent or just like Keeping your energy, uh through the day and yeah be who you are Technology wise man. I’m just thinking for sure like all of these how do you call it the baby monitors? That’s a big help man, because like you you can see in total darkness any movement anything so like you can really just be You know find that that everything is going on Well, and that’s just a simple thing that has always been there for quite some time we just bought this thing called rocket, which is like a little rocket that you attach to the baby carriage and
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To the stroller and the baby, you know It basically shakes him and this is the case with adam like adam constantly needs movement Like I just you know have him, you know like this and I walk Around my house for like 10 kilometers a day because he just like when you stop you just stand or sit down he Starts to cry. So so this thing rocket for example help us Quite a bit and honestly, you know this gpt40 Seems to be like a nice thing i’ve seen online Somebody saying an opinion that you could potentially if it has kind of live view of the camera and it can immediately spot that something is off. You can just put the camera into the room and say, hey, watch the kids and tell me when they do something stupid.
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And that would be actually a good use case for it. To have like the babysitter, virtual babysitter. Yeah, you know how much they are these days, these babysitters, and you need to trust them. You know, you need to do the whole interview process. Well, I think, you know, GPT4O can do the job just fine. Maybe. If you’re enjoying our content so far, make sure to follow us on our social media channels. Like for example, LinkedIn, where you can become an integral part of our innovatology community. This space is for like-minded digital nomads, like you, who can share, collaborate, and also comment on different tech and innovations. So don’t miss out on this opportunity to network with people who are just as passionate about technology as you are. And let’s embark on this journey of innovation together.
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Definitely. I have a question about like, what is the most innovative stuff that you have seen in the last, let’s say, month or recently? Because as you’re interested in the innovations, et cetera, and you are doing these videos about the latest updates about the 4O, but you said that it’s not that impressive. So just taking it also more broadly in general, like what is the most impressive technology that you have seen recently? I think it’s both, you know, the aspects of updates of, you know, OpenAI’s GPT model and the Gemini. These two, especially the fact when they were basically showing those live views and it can immediately work on it. Like, I really like it when you just basically take a camera and it shows somebody’s desk or somebody’s display, monitor, and there is a few lines of code and it can tell you, hey, this is what it does.
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I find this very, very impressive because this is super cool, right? This is what a developer would do. They would just go through this, but this thing can see it in a second. So I think this is really mind-blowing to me. Otherwise, I mean, my Tesla currently, you know, surprises me all the time because every month or so there is a new update of the firmware. And the latest one that just dropped like a week ago, you know, added quite a lot of stuff to it. Bless you. Like, basically, FSD kind of visibility. So my car now has a new UI, and totally new graphics. But what is cool about it is, you know, I go into the street and it see all the cars around me.
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And like, it probably saw it even before, but it didn’t display it. It just showed you, I don’t know, the next three cars or something like that. Now I can see like 60 cars, you know, ahead of me on all the sides. And it’s mighty, mighty impressive. And they also unlocked the new thing in the lights, in the headlights. Basically, it has metrics lights, but now it has this, how do you call it, basically, when you are going through the night, it has the high beams, right? And now it can basically take out from the view the opposing cars that are, you know, going towards you. So you are not blinding them. And it’s just, you know, life basically takes out these cars and it does it super fast and super well.
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So you constantly have high beams on and you’re not blinding anybody and you have so much greater visibility. Like these kinds of things, you know, that just this car couldn’t do it a week ago and now it can do it. It’s just really, I’m so grateful for it. I am here for this type of stuff. Man, that’s really impressive. I’m already happy with my new Volvo. I have like the 360 camera when you do like parking, because like our garage is really narrow and previous car, like you had like the doot, doot, doot, but I think I still bumped into things from time to time. Like the 360 camera, even though it’s very sensitive from time to time as well, that I think like, look, I have a bit more margin than the camera things I have, but it’s still super, super helpful.
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But then like with Tesla, there may be even miles ahead. But like, it wasn’t like that. And that’s the thing about this, that like every month they just release a new update and like it’s significantly improving what this car used to be. And it is now. So for example, I don’t know, a month ago they added chimes about speed limits and speed cameras. Like, so when there is a speed camera, it just chimes. It says, and like a big display, like, okay, slow down. Great. That’s amazing. I will not get fined anymore. That’s really good. And like, I don’t know, half a year ago, they added a chime for when you’re on the red lights, when there is a green light, it also chimes really nicely, just like the nice sound.
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But like, you know, sometimes you’re just there, you know, waiting for the green light to come. There are some cars ahead of you. And I don’t know, maybe, yeah, you’re not supposed to read anything on your phone, but maybe you’re not in the moment or anything like that. And it just, you know, reminds you, okay, there’s green, just go. Like these tiny little things, they have a big effect on the quality of my life. So I like it a lot. Yeah, you are like, why, how could I live without this? Like, this is so helpful. Like, this is like the user experience. Like someone did really good customer development of the product behind it. Yeah, that’s so good. That’s so good. And it’s really cool that you don’t need to buy a new car to get that feature.
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Because like with iPhones or like any kind of phone, usually when you want to upgrade, you need to buy the new phone to really leverage it. With a car, I think it would be a bit less feasible, because that’s more capital intensive. Yeah, yeah. But okay. But speaking about the transportation, because you shared together about the car. I don’t have a car myself, but I have electric bike. And I have to say that I’m so unhappy. There is still so much work to be done because I believe that transportation is also in like greener cities, sustainable, et cetera, that we should also look at more into the e-bikes and bikes in general. And I have to say that there is a lot of development done in the cars that I feel that the bikes are really underestimated.
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Because I wanted to buy, I bought a new bike. An e-bike, it’s let’s say the Ferrari among the electric bikes. It was last year. I don’t know if there is something new this year. But let’s say that the battery lasts only like 50 kilometres. So you don’t go really far away with it. It’s also really limited in terms of the life. So you can actually charge it a maximum to the 80 percent if you want to prolong the life of the battery. It takes also really long. If I would show you like how the cable for charging of the bike looks like. Actually, my MacBook has a much more massive battery cable than what I’m charging my bike with.
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I’m like, for example, I’m biking and I’m like looking so luxurious electric cars around me that I think it’s great because I really feel the difference between like being here in Belgium where it’s a majority of the cars are currently being electric. Whereas in Czechia, I’m like, wow, like it’s like getting in the past because there is not a lot of cars being electric yet in comparison with, for example, Belgium. But I’m like, wow, like why? Why they just don’t some of the automobile industries, why they also don’t invest a bit into the bike? Because it can also more. For example, my brother, he’s like super against bikes. He’s like really not aggressive, but he’s. Why is he against bikes? I don’t get that. So what did bikes ever do to him?
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I actually discovered that he didn’t know how to ride a bike when he was here, but don’t tell him. But it’s like because I think that then if you make a really nice bike, it can actually attract the young generation to then use it. So it’s also about to do maybe some customer development in this aspect that can help also to have the more sustainable cultures and more green cities in this. Yeah. Yeah. I think like the company still didn’t see like a massive appeal, you know, to this. And that’s that’s a pity, because I could imagine if somebody like, you know, Apple, Tesla, Samsung, you know, jumped on this, they could make it a mass appeal, you know, kind of product. And suddenly the innovation would be through the roof.
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So, yeah, it’s usually rather smaller companies that are trying to do a bit of innovation. They don’t have the capital to really do that, though. My father just bought an e-bike and like I tested it out. It was really, really cool, but it was very expensive. Like, man, it’s almost like a car these days. That’s that’s impressive. It has way bigger, bigger battery, though, like 140 kilometers or something like that, they claim. I don’t know if you can really go so far with this. And he’s very happy with it. But yeah, I also saw the cable. It was not too impressive. It’s a pity they could really, really learn a lot from, you know, the cars these days.
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And without Tesla, I don’t think that we will have so many EVs or so many manufacturers, you know, going for that EV route and implementing newer and newer stuff. So at least for that, we need to applaud them, even though many people online, you know, like to hate on Elon Musk. I think, you know, this and SpaceX and the Neuralink are things that we should be really happy for. No, yeah, I think your bike, it was actually also described as like 120 K, but when you start using it in different settings and that reduces like the battery range. So I think there’s still opportunities there. With the cars as well, I still feel there’s still like this next step up in range of the electric vehicle, because like I use it now to drive to Bremer and then you need to stop like two times, maybe once or twice.
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Yeah. Pause like 30 minutes. And it’s not ideal when you compare it with like a gasoline car. So I think there’s still a step up that can be done. And then I’m also very curious about like the recyclability of the batteries of the EVs, because like with old cars, the value of a car doesn’t necessarily, not all cars degrade in value as they grow older, whereas with EVs. Yeah, I think there’s still like this unsolved puzzle. How do you retain the value of the car? If the battery, because like batteries will degrade. So yeah, the battery is like. So, for example, in Tesla, battery is like, what, almost 40% of the price or something like that. It’s like what, $20,000, I guess. So they don’t degrade that much.
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At least I, in my three years using this car, didn’t see almost any, you know, like degradation, maybe like 2% or something like that, which is amazing. Like, really, it still has the same range. Sometimes it feels even that it can go further than that. Like it is supposed to do 600 kilometers. I can do 500. And that’s actually quite decent, but yeah, that’s not too bad. But honestly, what I’ve heard, at least about those batteries, is that they are fully recyclable, like really all of the parts of the battery can be recycled. But yeah, you just need to bring it back because all the lithium and everything that they have in it, they can put back together and use it again.
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But it’s true that the value of the car goes down, especially for something like Tesla, because they have such an aggressive pricing strategy that, you know, when I was buying this car, it was, what, maybe 30, 40% more expensive. They were not that many of them. Now they are manufacturing millions, probably for cheaper. And they also offer it for cheaper. I’m grateful because a lot of my friends and other people can have it now. But that also means that the value of my car goes down. But that’s OK, man. That’s life. Yeah. And actually about Tesla and Elon Musk, like we saw him last year at VivaTech, where we were going to go. Oh, you did? Yeah, he was there giving like not a keynote, but like he was getting interviewed.
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And before we went, I think we had like this similar opinion, you know, like product wise, love what he did. And I think he’s been a true enabler for himself, as well as for other industries. But he’s also a bit of like we thought, like he’s also a bit of a douchebag, like totally like using technology for, let’s say, the evil. Yeah. Really didn’t know what he wanted to do with Twitter and X. But when he was on stage, I kind of felt for him. Yeah. Yeah. Like. He was not the most inspiring person that I ever heard talk, if I would be honest, but he for me, he did show a certain level of vulnerability where he knew he made some mistakes. He knew that he’s not perfect.
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And like he was very sarcastic, like super sarcastic. And I think because of that sarcasm, if you take it out of context. And especially like how media is. Yeah. Yeah. Was a really different picture than I think who he might be in real life. Like having heard him, he sounded quite OK. I still don’t like what he did with Twitter and X, but I do love what he does with other things like SpaceX. Yeah. Yeah, man, I don’t. That’s a pity, man. Like really, this is this is a project that, you know, drained so much of his energy and capital, you know, into something that. I don’t know if it brings him joy. Likely not. I don’t know if you’ve read Walter Isaacson’s book about Elon Musk.
00:39:51
It is actually quite revealing, but at least one thing that kind of can be applauded, even though the way it was, that was crazy is that, you know, he buys this product. He fires 90 percent of the people that are there. And the product basically still works. I don’t think like there were maybe a couple hiccups, but but it works. It’s crazy that he proves that, OK, you can you can operate this with way less cost and way less people. So, yeah, I guess kudos to that. But it’s true that I guess that’s the ego or something like that that goes to him, that with time and over time, he becomes more and more of a douchebag. And it’s a pity because I was always defending him. And now he’s making it very difficult.
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Yeah, he’s making it very difficult. At the beginning, he was a super big defender of it. And man, like sometimes it’s like it’s a bit too much. I agree. I fully agree. Yeah, I don’t want to defend him. But on the other hand, like we can also see it with our own podcast, our own ventures, et cetera, like how long it takes to actually develop something new from it. And I think that for the Exxon Twitter or like everybody calls it still Twitter, like it didn’t change yet. And they will for a long time. Yeah, that it’s really like he wants to change it like 360. And let’s see. I mean, like he still have plenty of money. So I think that even if then he would decide like, yeah, I cannot do it now.
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How is it called in China? The chat that you… WeChat. Yeah, WeChat. He cannot make it the new WeChat. Then he will just like close it and let’s move to another venture. And let’s do the SpaceX. I also saw recently that now SpaceX is actually getting the Internet on the moon and on Mars to be prepared for the settlement of the humans so that the first humans will be able to chat to have the Internet connection on these two on these two planets within seven years, five to seven years. So that’s amazing. Yeah. Maybe the housing market will be a bit cheaper. For sure. Yeah, the housing market. It’s ridiculous. But it’s true. Like I think these aspects and that grander mission can really be applauded.
00:42:08
Like what he does with SpaceX, I really hope he succeeds rather sooner than later and will be able to celebrate and see, you know, life or life, you know, with the difference of a couple of minutes. The landing on Mars in 4K or maybe with some Apple Vision, you know, 3D glasses or something like that, that would be amazing. I cannot wait for that future. Like this is what really excites me, to be honest. But also Neuralink. I think, you know, they had this first patient. They are now looking for the second patient. I think his name was Noland. It’s such an inspiring story. The guy fell while diving or something like that. And he’s paralyzed from neck to bottom right below.
00:42:48
And he, you know, basically so happy about this because he can now use his phone and computers just with his mind. And he used it to play video games. So like first night, he stayed up for, I think, 12 hours to like four or five a.m. and just played Civilization Six. And he was so excited about this. So I love that. I love that. That’s amazing. It’s that’s really curious, you know, like how for us, some of the things are just like so, so natural. But then like when you see that guy doing it, it’s like, what would be the first thing that that you would do if you got the chance to do it? Yeah. Play games. And by the way, Apple now added.
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And this may also going to be useful for people like Nolan who will not have implants like this. But and I’m kind of stepping away from it because the next phase of this is they will have another chip that they will put into spine and then they should be able to kind of reconnect the lost connections and then potentially give people back, you know, their way of kind of controlling their limbs, which would be amazing. But Apple has recently released a new update, I think, for iOS 17, 17.5. And it has accessibility features that were not there before. So you can use your phone and iPad with your eyes only. And I think they are taking the technology basically from Apple Vision Pro where, yeah, you’re not really using your fingers, but you’re looking at the different icons.
00:44:16
And this is the same like you can now with the new update, use your phone just by looking at icons and it will know where you’re looking. And that’s really cool. You know that just from, I don’t know, one meter away, it can recognize what exactly you’re looking at. I’m not sure if I want to have it, because sometimes like, you know, when you are, for example, upset at your partner, like, I’m not sure if I want to do what actually my eyes are doing at the exact time. Of course, like a healthy upset. Yeah, but I’m not sure if I want it. My phone will do exactly what my eyes are doing. Like murdered by Apple. I think they already know where your eyes are looking.
00:44:59
Now they just give you the control over it as well. But, you know, they activate access to all devices for your husband. Activated. So if anyone is hearing this, please don’t allow this kind of intervention. Team Cook, if you’re listening, please do this. How do you like the new iPads, by the way? I saw it, but I also heard that it’s quite expensive. It’s like 3000 euros, I think, for an iPad. But they’re like discussing that it’s the new laptop, that it’s maybe the future. But I am also skeptical about it because this was also about the Apple Vision Pro that is the new VR. We were even considering it to buy it instead of Quest. And now I see everywhere really big hate.
00:45:45
So I’m like, I have I have my iPad, which was not that expensive. It’s 3000 euros. But it really serves all of the purposes that the iPad should. So I’m like, I will wait a bit like to see what the people. You have the Apple Vision Pro, no? No, no, man, you cannot buy it here in Europe. But they will eventually the rumor is that they will launch it as of WWDC, which is beginning, I think, 6th or something like that of June. So there they should be announcing basically new updates on iOS and iPad OS and Mac OS. So for iPad OS, they expect basically to bring it closer to Mac OS or maybe give like native Mac OS, you know, to iPad, which will make this iPad much more powerful and much more useful for like creative people.
00:46:35
So, yeah, I’m looking forward to that. And apparently they should also announce that they will start selling, you know, Vision Pro outside of US because apparently they needed to slash the production by 50 percent because there is just not enough demand. And I don’t blame it. Right, because there are not that many use cases. You can basically just watch videos on it right now. And it’s very, very expensive. So I guess, you know, a couple of years down the road, you know, in the like. Iteration number three or four, it will become a big thing when it’s lower price. But right now it’s really just for the tech geeks. Yeah, because the price point of the Apple Vision Pro is really insane. But I was a ton of a mess as well.
00:47:18
And they weren’t using like the Apple Vision Pro, but like other VR, AR headset. And there are the practical use cases as well for it, you know, and you can start also interacting with copilot. It sees what you’re looking at. It’s mixed reality. So also at CES, we saw it where you can do it with the fingers. You don’t need the controllers. Those kind of developments will bring that technology a lot further and not be like for brainless watching movies in a different space. But from my perspective, I think Apple misjudged the price point that they put their device. Man, three and a half thousand is already a lot. But then you add the tax, you know, the VAT and all these kind of things.
00:48:07
Man, like here you can probably get it for like five thousand. And it’s just such a ridiculous price. And like the problem is that even the developers are kind of not there for some reason, you know, apps like Netflix are not there. YouTube, I think, is not there. There is such a missed opportunity. Yeah, that’s the thing. I think Apple should have just really went to town and they were probably expecting that all of the developers will jump on it. But they had a big ego and they didn’t call them. They didn’t make arrangements. They didn’t make a deal with them. And now it’s it became a fight. And it’s a pity because I’m pretty sure this is kind of the future of where we’re heading in a much more smaller and sleeker body, more like Ray-Bans or something like that.
00:48:54
But this kind of AR future is definitely what’s it going to be. We actually saw that in… With Ray-Ban. Yes, with Ray-Ban. She has a spy cam now. She has a camera on her… You mean the meta now. But we also saw… That’s Ray-Ban. Yeah, but we also saw the VR with the Ray-Ban, like that you put like a… Oh, yeah. It was not like Ray-Ban, Ray-Ban. It was like the style of the Ray-Ban. Oh, yeah. I saw that. Yeah, and it was… I really liked it because then it also looks cool that, for example, if I would come to a client like what Apple Vision Pro looks like, they would be like, just what the hell? Like, this is just too serious.
00:49:34
But if I would come just to Ray-Bans, they would be like, oh, yeah, show it to us. Like, show us around your concept, etc. So I totally believe also in this sense. But the infrastructure is not there. But it’s beginning. I would say it’s also like people are afraid of the unknown. People don’t know how to get there, how to navigate the environment. And it’s just like step by step. I also spoke last week. I was in Malta in the EU Startup Summit. And there was a guy who actually is already 10 years old developing a new television. So it will be the new streaming, a new generation of television which will be available not only on your like, you can also like buy it.
00:50:18
You can have it on your television or computer on your phone, but also in your VR glasses. And you will be able to watch all of the football matches in the VR. But you will be also able to invite your friends into the match. That’s so cool. So it’s I believe that when these kind of software will come on the market, that there will be more use cases for the people. It will just come hand in hand. So, yeah. Yeah. I mean, like the most impressive use cases that I saw from Apple Vision Pro was exactly this what you’re talking about, like either a sports where you can kind of see, you know, multiple views on all three, four cameras, but also have the full field in front of you and see where the.
00:50:59
players really are like that gives you such a different perspective. And probably they will because Apple, I think, has ESPN. So they will try to monetize on this a lot by giving you the opportunity to kind of sit in the front row like those, you know, tickets that cost thousands and thousands of dollars. You could just see and like really feel like you’re there. That’s one thing. And the other thing that I really like, and they already launched it, is this kind of collaborative aspect where you can basically bring these they call them into your room with you. And I saw people, you know, playing rock, paper, scissors or like a battleship, and it really felt like they were there or they were watching like a TV show and they were like sitting all on the couch.
00:51:42
So that’s really cool looking. And yeah, for that aspect, you know, especially if your family is abroad or far away, I can really see this, you know, being adding a lot of quality to your life. Definitely. I mean, that part of like communicating with people or keeping a connection with friends, family who are abroad has really changed a lot. Like going from pigeon to telegram, text message to phone, to smartphone. Yeah, I see the future. I mean, what my father also said, like in the past, it was so difficult to keep connections. Like if you go to Erasmus, you will see each other have fun for six months. And that would be it because you would probably maybe you would send each other a letter like once or twice.
00:52:32
But then that would be it. Now you stay in contact, with Facebook, and Instagram. But then the next step is through this virtual mixed reality where you can still keep that connection. And then teleportation one day. And then teleportation. Yeah. I mean, there was already something like they had like a screen, I think, in New York where they were able to see people at another place in the world. But that happens. They have these portals, right? It’s just a camera, but they shut it down. Did you see why? No. Because man, first thing, it was New York and Dublin. At first, they did. They just launched it. People from Dublin, you know, take their phones and they put them in front of the camera. And they were like pictures of 9-11, man.
00:53:15
Like, oh, my God, the fuck. And then the New Yorkers, you know, they had a strike back basically. And there was a lady that just put, you know, her tits out. So sorry for my language. And in the end, they shut it down after like 24 hours. So the portal is not there anymore. The people destroyed it. Exactly. But the teleportation, I think quite some time ago, I already read an article that they teleported like photons or something like that. So just some particles. But I don’t know if I would let myself be teleported. You know, you need to reconstruct your body. What if something is somewhere else? What if something is missing? Like, this was not here before.
00:54:02
Or like, you teleport with two people, then all of a sudden you mix, like, stars and then you’re like, OK. I would say that the future is in the stars. We can just now navigate what we have now and what we may see in the future. Maybe my last question to you is what is the future is in the stars. But what is in the future for you? What is in the pipeline for you? Do you have, for example, some plans in terms of the podcast or some conferences that you are having on the watch? Of course, like we also spoke a bit about the collaborations, but what you are cooking? Thank you. That’s a great question, Maria. I am.
00:54:43
So what I’m going to be doing is so people are asking me because I was now off for basically six months and now I’ll be starting a new position in about two weeks. So people are asking, like, are you still going to do this? For sure. I’m still going to do this. I’m still going to continue what I started. I really realized that I missed this in my life and I don’t want to abandon it now. So I will continue. My next milestone is, you know, to reach that kind of YouTube monetization stage. Yeah, I don’t think that I will get any money out of it, but just a milestone to reach because it’s quite difficult, to be honest. It’s like 1000 subscribers, 4000 hours of watch time, you know, within the last 12 months.
00:55:22
So it’s yeah, when I get there, that will be at least some moment for celebration. And I definitely want to get there probably next year. I think I can I can be there. And in terms of the conferences, I will be attending some conferences that are for kind of the GBS space, so the business services space. So like for the field that I’m in, there are some in the Czech Republic, and there will be one in Amsterdam. And I will be definitely watching online, you know, for the conferences. Like I said, the next one that I’m really looking forward to is WWDC, which is Apple’s conference where they announce, let’s say, software updates. And this one should be big because they made a deal with OpenAI.
00:56:02
Nobody knows what the deal is about, but the rumour has it that in the new iOS, you know, basically, you will have a totally new version of AI that will be kind of intertwined into everything. Your Siri will be much more powerful. And I cannot wait for it. I have to be honest, I never use Siri. I never use that one. She’s just like popping up by mistake when I’m touching something. And she’s like popping up. No, you are not here, Siri. Like I’m setting alarms through it or reminders, but even that she can mess it up. So yeah, it’s pathetic. It was such a great idea in the beginning, but it’s weird. They have so much money that they think they should be kind of on top of this AI race and they are not.
00:56:44
And they also abandoned the car project, by the way, which they apparently had like 10 billion dollars. And they just killed it completely and fired everybody. But they can also use, you know, the use cases from others like from competitors like Google Home, etc. Like for us, the Google Home works really perfectly. Like I mean, there are, of course, the things that can be improved, but they can just use how the competitors are working and they can implement it in Siri. And Siri is still not really as popular as the Google Home, for example. I think they will. They are about to change that in a few weeks. So let’s watch out for that. But I’m super excited to hear about your milestones, I think. Looking forward to seeing you grow your channel and your story.
00:57:32
I think it’s super nice. And also congratulations on your new position. Thank you. Thank you so much. Looking forward. That’s going to be so I will be announcing soon. So watch out, you know, on LinkedIn spaces. It’s going to it’s something quite unexpected, but something I’m really excited about. It’s a it’s a cool opportunity. We’re building something new from scratch. And that’s what’s going to be really, really amazing. I’m super excited for you, Kuba. Thank you. Likewise for you guys. All right. So I do have some last remark, something that we didn’t touch the different things that we went through before we closed this series because we jumped really from left to right. We have reviewed, I think, all of the latest technologies here from the open A.
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I. to the Apple Vision Pro to W.W.C.C.S. that I think that this is a really great episode of if you want to jump on the horse of the latest innovation and technologies, I think that this is definitely the episode to see to get a review of everything that is going on currently. Totally. No, I think what we didn’t mention. No, I would just say, you know, because these last six months when I was basically home with my family and I had the second kid, you know, coming into our house, you know, gave me quite a lot of perspective. So I would say, you know, really, I mean, we are kind of in this rat race, all of us together in for the next promotion.
00:59:03
And I mean, I would say even when we’re looking at technology and what’s happening in the world, just try to take some time to focus on what is really what really matters. You know, that time flies, especially with the kids and with your family. It just goes by so fast. So like really focus on these things that really matter to you, like your family, your friends. We are discussing how, you know, it is easier than it was than it used to be with the pigeons. Now you have WhatsApp. But still, even with WhatsApp, I think a lot of us are neglecting our friends. And, you know, for some of them, even though we used to be, you know, really close, we don’t have time and we don’t check out on them.
00:59:43
So I think we should all find time to do these types of things. And like me, for example, I reconnected with this hobby and passion of mine of creating, you know, videos, etc. And it really changed my life for the better. So if there was something like this in the past and you’re just thinking, there’s no time that that part of me already died or maybe, you know, when I retire, I can go back to it. Don’t just just start. And you see that you will be right back where you left off and you will be so much better and so much happier. So I would just recommend it to people. And I wanted to thank the two of you for, you know, doing what you’re doing.
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Such an amazing job. Like the cadence of videos that you’re putting and the articles is just incredible. It’s really inspiring for me as a person that doesn’t really work. So so like I really applaud you and I wish you all the best. And hopefully that audience, you know, grows exponentially because you totally deserve it. Thanks, Guba. Thank you so much, Guba. Very good closing remarks. Yes, I also think so. Like, watch your family, be with your family and also leverage the tools that are out there, the technology, the innovations, because they are here for us. They are here to actually help us with our professional and personal lives to actually make them more effective and to smooth everything and to maybe not be just the consumers, but then the contributors of the digital age. So thank you so much. And see you again in some another event or in another podcast. Cannot wait. Thank you so much. Have a great day, everybody.
