She is one of the specialists who leads the Artificial Intelligence efforts in one of the technological giants and from her training as a linguist she is aware of the importance of humanities majors in technology development teams, even though numerous studies affirm that These are among the most threatened to succumb to AI.
“The humanities are those that have studied for millennia who we are, where we are going, why we are here, what the meaning of life is, what society we want, what is right or what is wrong,” he points out about its importance in a company. which is the spearhead in digital tools.
The art and critical thinking of the humanities are relevant to building great language models, says the specialist, because they help define “how they are going to contribute to the more humane society that we want for everyone.”
Multidisciplinary teams are needed in Big Tech
When talking about the careers of the future, those in the STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are the first references in both professional and economic development, but other disciplines, such as philology, philosophy or even fine arts are also part of the future.
Multidisciplinary teams are necessary to understand technology not only from a utilitarian approach or merely because of the greater productivity they will generate among users, but also because of the impact on people’s behaviors and their social dynamics.
From Google, Manchón understands the technology company’s responsibility to include multidisciplinary development programs to generate more humanistic platforms aimed at “a more humanistic future.” That is, that specialists not only update themselves in the use of the best programming tools, but also in social, art and humanities issues.
“We are making our way by walking,” he comments, quoting the Spanish poet Antonio Machado, as he accepts that they are in a process to expand training in the humanities among engineers.
He even highlights that seminars are given within the company so that the teams understand the most human part of technology a little more. Likewise, from his management position he has sought to promote the hiring and training of new hybrid profiles to understand the complexities of design and approach them from the most creative and human points of view possible.
Conversations as a source of data
His training in letters helps him understand the importance of language and ways of speaking. Therefore, she is also one of the authorized voices to speak about the technology companies’ agreements with Reddit.
In May, OpenAI announced an agreement with the social platform to access its more than 1 billion posts and more than 16 billion comments to take advantage of all that mass of data in training its large language models.
According to a statement, following this agreement, Reddit will give OpenAI access to “unique, structured and real-time content” from the platform, which will allow its AI products to “better understand” and grow interactions with users. .
Google also announced a partnership with Reddit to have access to its users’ conversations. According to Reuters analyst Anita Ramaswamy, the relevance of Reddit lies in the fact that it is a repository of conversations on specific, coherent and even very personal topics, which becomes a way of learning human behavior. Simply put, Reddit is fueling the future of AI.
“Data is the fuel of artificial intelligence,” says Manchón, adding that the quality and quantity of data are essential to achieve a high degree of sophistication, performance and precision in the tools they produce.
Therefore, the conversations that occur within platforms like Reddit are so important, because although some of them may revolve around superficial topics, the language and way of writing occur in a very natural way, which is also contributes to the construction of a more organic AI.
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