Contrary to what was believed years ago, artificial intelligence is expected to phase out poets before it affects supermarket cashiers. This was explained by AI advocate Carlos Santana during one of the conferences held last Thursday at the XIII edition of Tecnológica Santa Cruz Grupo-Canaauto. “We used to think that AI would automate routine jobs, that it would struggle more with intellectuals, and that it couldn’t handle creatives. Now we are realizing it’s the other way around,” Santana pointed out, echoing the predictions of many experts in the field for the upcoming years.
The Guimerá Theatre hosted enlightening speeches shedding light on a groundbreaking issue in today’s society such as AI. “It is as significant in history as the discovery of fire or the Industrial Revolution,” stated Isaac Hernández, Google Cloud’s president. The Canary Island engineer shared his fascination with the advancements in this technology. With the development of their programs, machines are now surpassing, for the first time, the knowledge of the most expert human in specialized questionnaires, with a knowledge rate of 90% compared to 86.4%.
Advances in recent decades have been rapid. In just four years, the ChatGPT tool has gone from generating unstructured and nonsensical sentences to being able to explain the laws of quantum physics concisely and even in a child-friendly manner. Another area where this tool impressed the audience at the Theatre was in image creation. Santana showcased examples where the machine can generate hyper-realistic images and videos, such as the amusing image of the Pope on a Canarian beach or Trump at the Teide with his distinctive disheveled quiff. With these examples, he concluded: “AI ceases to be artificial and becomes real.”
Ally or foe?
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Journalist María Ramírez highlighted the role of AI as a tool. She is saddened by the current situation where algorithms are increasing public opinion polarization. Thus, she states that depending on the human utility in the near future, the machine will either become an ally or an enemy to humanity.
“AI is as significant in history as the discovery of fire or the Industrial Revolution”
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With the ongoing technological revolution in the world, “Santa Cruz de Tenerife cannot lag behind,” stated Carmen Pérez, Development Society councillor. Santa Cruz Mayor, José Manuel Bermúdez, celebrated the gathering of examples from different places that would aid in their improvement. He affirmed that the city council would utilize this initiative to assess which technologies they currently rely on are beneficial and which ones should be incorporated in the future. “Technológica returns to Santa Cruz and I am very pleased,” he concluded his welcome.
The advisor of the Development Society at the presentation of the event / Andrés Gutiérrez
Spain’s longest-running tech event
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Santa Cruz is currently hosting Spain’s longest-running tech event, which started on March 12th and will conclude on Sunday, the 17th. Over its history, more than a hundred speakers have participated.
AI, virtual reality, and digital communication trends will take centre stage in this edition. The weekend events are an addition to a program packed with activities. The Boost Your Business Forum with emerging technologies held last Tuesday, March 12th, the TecnoFight talks on business failure on Wednesday, the event for the educational community, and Thursday’s conferences are some of the events already marked on the calendar.
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For the remaining three days, the Tenerife Arts Space will host another event, named TecnoPlay, focusing on the world of video games and Asian culture. Competitions, digital artist showcases, board games, virtual reality, arcade machines, simultaneous chess games, and K-pop dances are all part of the lineup. Admission is free until full capacity.
