{"id":35048,"date":"2024-05-09T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=35048"},"modified":"2024-05-09T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:30:38","slug":"boyd-humanities-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/boyd-humanities-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need Anthropologists Everywhere\u2014Especially in AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">I never imagined working in STEM with a humanities degree, but it actually prepared me for an amazing career<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Lorlei Boyd \u201923<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">One year ago, I entered the job market with a humanities degree. This was never the plan\u2014until my senior year, I thought for sure I was en route to my PhD. Humanities were for academia, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was hungry to join the workforce, only I didn\u2019t know how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish the world were kinder to non-STEM majors. I had internalized self-doubt\u2014a conviction that corporate America belonged to the engineers, that humanistic and research skills were inferior. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Lorlei Boyd\" class=\"wp-image-35053 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot.jpg 718w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-632x728.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-316x364.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-400x461.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-200x230.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Headshot-100x115.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I lead applied AI software development at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graydi.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gray Decision Intelligence<\/a>, a provider of academic program evaluation software to higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that these skills transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the catch? The humanities don\u2019t teach you the technical details\u2014rather, they give you a toolbox. Your skillset offers an aggressive competency to research anything and everything and distill that dizzying volume of information into a thoughtful final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you know going into a project almost doesn\u2019t matter. When you\u2019re trained in the humanities, your job is to think through incommensurable problems. What\u2019s more complex than human nature?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My point is that the humanities prepared me for a biztech career in STEM\u2014not something I would\u2019ve anticipated a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> The humanities don\u2019t teach you the technical details\u2014rather, they give you a toolbox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my story, and I hope it encourages more folks studying the humanities to join STEM careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often say I studied anthropology. The more esoteric name for my field is <a href=\"https:\/\/sts.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science and Technology Studies<\/a> (STS)\u2014not well known, but burgeoning with success in uniting STEM with the great thinkers of the humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an interdisciplinary field, STS encourages students to think about the rational world of STEM from a contradictory angle: the irrationality of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You start to see the world differently through STS. Truth becomes something only perceived through the imperfect lens of our human existence. Our biases layer into the practice of STEM and influence our ideas of \u201cfact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is technology, then, if not the codification of our biases into realized inventions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lorlei Boyd on the Cornell campus\" class=\"wp-image-35051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Lorlei-Cornell-Pic-B.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The author on the Slope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is to say that STEM is human by nature. Thereby, you can study the products of STEM like you would humans, and you definitely don\u2019t need a CS degree to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take AI. ChatGPT, Gemini, Llama, and all of the large language models coming into our lives are the epitome of STS, with the very essence of human nature reflected in their training sets. They are born of human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I studied these language models and their embodiment of human nature in my honors thesis, \u201cTalking to Robots: Exploring Emotional Connection in Human-Robot Relationships with the Chatbot Replika.\u201d The essay was non-technical, yet it instilled in me an incredible depth of understanding with AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after submitting my thesis, my current employer hired me as an analyst\u2014a client-facing data consultant. But it wasn\u2019t long until my passion for AI took over my job. I began prototyping an app to turn our data into written reports using tools like ChatGPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What is technology, then, if not the codification of our biases into realized inventions?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Six months after starting, my title changed to developer. From then on, I became something of an AI anthropologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I studied AI like a natural philosopher from the 18th century. I kept a journal for my notes, packed with trial after trial of experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, the AI\u2019s behavior was unfathomable. Swapping the most innocuous word could completely alter the results. Slowly, the journal filled with incremental successes to understand this beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A common phrase for this process is \u201cprompt engineering,\u201d or making sure your instructions to the AI produce the best results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But \u201cprompt engineering\u201d just doesn\u2019t do it justice. Engineering is far more rational than this endeavor. Wrangling large language models takes the stubborn tenacity of an anthropologist to persist in the face of the absurd complexity of these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I studied AI like a natural philosopher from the 18th century.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of wrangling the AI, I also had to learn how to put it in an app. This was when my work with AI became software development, so that other people could access my work via a tool on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had never made an app before! At first, it seemed impossible. I wasn\u2019t a CS major. I didn\u2019t understand <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GitHub<\/a>. (But who does?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember when I said the humanities give you an aggressive competency to research anything and everything? Use it for moments like this. Building an app is nothing more than a big research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not so intimidating, even as a novice, when you\u2019re used to stepping into an ocean of books and journals to string together something coherent for your anthropology professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding what \u201cenough\u201d knowledge is for the task requires the same skillset of resourcefulness and clever restraint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon enough, you\u2019ll have a fully functional, deployed app with AI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, this is not to say STEM majors are worth any less. Rather, I hope to lift up my fellow humanities majors. You, too, are incredibly skilled and will bring unique gifts to your workplace. Trust your education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Arts &amp; Sciences alum <\/em><strong><em>Lorlei Boyd \u201923<\/em><\/strong><em> enjoys video games, learning Japanese, and outdoor sports.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(All photos provided.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published May 9, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never imagined working in STEM with a humanities degree, but it actually prepared me for an amazing career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":35052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[639],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-35048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perspectives"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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