Artificial intelligence is booming, but it has been a long and intense journey for Miquel Montero, CEO and founder of Atomian, to make his vision and, at the same time, his great passion a reality: humanizing computers.
The technology he develops with his team allows emulating the functions of the human brain by combining cognitive science and machine learning. In this way, it is possible to expand the interaction between people and machines through natural language with the intention of providing understanding in this bilateral communication.
Today, cognitive computing has multiple applications with a real impact on society, but fifteen years ago, when Montero began developing this technology, he became a global pioneer and, therefore, also a visionary.
In this long-distance race, the year 2011 was an especially decisive moment, when he achieved the first operational prototype. In addition to perfecting it, in recent times he has adapted this technology in various sectors of activity such as health, banking, and insurance.
His entrepreneurial profile is related to a very defined life philosophy that has harmony as a fundamental premise. That is, finding a constant balance between his personal and professional life, which makes him especially proud.
In the context of artificial intelligence, as a promoter of the cognitive revolution, Miquel Montero trusts that all the research and development work promoted by Atomian will have a positive impact on humanity in global terms.
The relationship between human beings and machines is constantly evolving with spectacular results, as in the case of the visual field or data management, but the cognitive aspect still has a long way to go, and it is almost incipient if we take into account its potential.
In order to advance in terms of research, in addition to developing technology, it has been fundamental to invest study time to decipher and understand the behavior of the human mind. The results, according to Montero, have been surprising.
One of the trends that is gaining more strength in the field of cognitive technology is that machines will increasingly understand how our mind works. This represents a change in trend with respect to what we were used to until now, that it is humans who understand computers.
In 2004, Miquel Montero founded Atomian, based in Sant Cugat del Vallès, with the aim of providing solutions to the business world. In terms of application, cognitive artificial intelligence allows automating processes and improving the productivity of companies.
Although the applications can be infinite, a strategic decision of the company is to focus on the health and banking sectors, although they occasionally participate in projects in other areas, such as, for example, the automotive industry. In this case, the technology allows knowing how many cars have been sold compared to the competition, among other applications.
In the health sector, they have developed Atomian Medical Records, a tool that allows improving the quality of care and optimizing hospital resources by making the most of all the information housed in clinical records.
Although cinema, as Miquel Montero recognizes, is a source of inspiration for the imaginary world of artificial intelligence, Atomian's vision offers us hopeful challenges for the future transformation of society and businesses. The relationship between human beings and machines will change and, in fact, is already doing so at great speed.
Many questions remain pending and possibly without concrete answers, but for now we must become aware that the great real impact of artificial intelligence on our lives and, therefore, also on communication, is already a fact.
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