
Advait Paliwal
I'm Building
Cognitive architecture for LLMs
Bio
Advait Paliwal is a technical builder from India who recently received a grant from 1517 to advance cognitive architecture for large language models. He stands out for delivering high-impact projects from robotics to AI, consistently turning ambitious prototypes into working systems. His hands-on experience and deep understanding of both hardware and software challenges have paved the way for new possibilities in how LLMs can be fundamentally structured and interfaced with real-world environments.
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