Artificial intelligence has broken into our lives strongly, and there is no back. Since tools like ChatgPT were popular in 2022, many people feel a mixture of amazement and fear. Are we facing a threat to our jobs? Is it possible that AI helps us to live better, or only contributes to our digital fatigue?
Manuela Delgado, an engineer specialized in AI and disseminator, who has been dismantling myths about this technology for years and showing her most human and useful face, explains in an interview with Lectures what Do not fear artificial intelligence, but learn to live with itto «free ourselves from meaningless tasks.»
«The AI will allow us to use time in things that interest us more and are of more value.» In other words, it is not a threat, but a tool. And like any tool, the important thing is how we use it.
The AI does not think for itself, but learn
To understand how current AI works, Delgado proposes to imagine it as a kitchen recipe.
«An algorithm is like a kitchen recipeyou have the ingredients (data) and the steps to follow to make the final dish. If we use good ingredients, we will get a good dish. The same goes for AI, if you feed with quality data, we will have good results, if not, there will be no one to eat the dish that has cooked, «he says.
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The key, according to the expert, is in the data, the more complete, varied and ethical they are, the better the results will offer an AI.
Unlike what happens in many science fiction films, artificial intelligence has no conscience or intentions. It only processes huge volumes of information, learn from them and generate patterns -based responses. For example, you can help you write an email, organize your agenda or even interpret an radiography, always under the supervision of a professional.
One of the greatest fears associated with AI is the loss of jobs. Delgado clarifies him: «Some works will disappear, but others will appear.» In his opinion, AI must assume repetitive or tedious tasks, so that people can dedicate ourselves to what really matters, such as creativity, critical thinking, empathy.
This could also be an opportunity to improve our quality of life. Automate efforts, schedule reports or check databases in seconds can allow us to work less hours, or at least more flexible.
«If all these tasks are automated and we delegate them to an AI You can use time in things that interest us more and are of more value. Both inside and outside work, «says Delgado.
For welfare, not only for work
Beyond the work world, AI is already present in areas that directly impact our well -being. In medicine, for example, it is already used to predict diseases or improve diagnoses. In cities, it helps to better manage traffic, energy or public services. Even in our mobile phones, it offers us information adapted to our needs and schedules.
However, Delgado warns that there is still a way to go: «The culture of data is not yet integrated into people and companies. That is, we yet yield data that are gold to improve our day to day. «
According to the expert, it is essential to bet on a transparent, ethical and regulated AI. Not only to avoid dangerous uses such as addictive algorithms or Deepfakes, but to ensure that this technology is at the service of people, and not vice versa.
In relation to the youngest, Delgado is clear that the approach cannot be fear or prohibition. «My point of view is to invest in education rather than in the ban. Accompany them in their contact with the screens, understand what they use them and what interests them, to be able to follow that interest away from the online world. «
Because, in the end, what raises artificial intelligence is not only a technological change, but also social and cultural. Do we want to use it to control or release? To replace or to strengthen ourselves? Manuela Delgado is clear: «The use of chatgpt can be very inspiring and creative if it is known. Prohibit its use is to stop a necessary advance.»
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