The Context That Makes It Urgent
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future topic. It's the present. And in Chile, as in the rest of the world, we are making decisions that will define how power, access, and opportunity are distributed over the coming decades.
Which companies have access to cutting-edge AI? Who gets access to our natural resources? Who gets left out? Who defines the ethical standards? How do we regulate this without killing innovation? How do we innovate without ignoring the risks?
These questions don't have easy answers. But they do have one thing in common: they need diverse voices to be answered well.
For years I've worked at companies that build on data, on automation, on decisions mediated by algorithms. I've seen what happens when the conversation about AI is left only in the hands of those who code it: the human context gets lost, the organizational impact, the friction of real-world adoption.
And I've also seen what happens when the conversation is left only in the hands of regulators without technical experience: frameworks emerge that never land, that block without discernment, or that are easily evaded.
The bridge between both worlds is urgent. And that bridge is built by those of us who work in engineering, product, strategy, and digital transformation.
What the CCHIA Is and Why It Convinced Me
The Chilean Chamber of Artificial Intelligence is a trade association with a purpose I find well-articulated: to promote the development, implementation, regulation, education, research, ethics, and promotion of AI technologies in Chile, generating a collaborative ecosystem that enhances its positive impact across productive, academic, social, and governmental sectors.
It's not a startup club. It's not a think tank disconnected from reality. It's an industry space that tries to do something difficult: bring together at the same table people with different disciplines, different interests, and different perspectives to discuss AI seriously.
I find that valuable. Because seriousness is not at odds with innovation — on the contrary, seriousness, when honest, is what allows innovation to scale sustainably.
My Perspective from Product
I work in AI through the product lens: what problem does it solve, for whom, in what context, with what expected and unexpected consequences. That perspective is not always represented in industry conversations about technology, where the language of engineering or public policy often dominates.
But product is, in many ways, where theory becomes reality. It's where you decide which feature to build (and which not to). It's where you define what data to collect (and with what consent). It's where you determine whether the recommendation system optimizes for the user or for the business metric.
Those decisions seem small. They are not.
I believe the CCHIA is a place where I can bring that perspective: not as an expert in language models nor as a jurist specialized in regulation, but as someone who has lived in the middle — translating between languages, seeking the balance between what is possible and what is advisable.
I didn't join to put a badge on LinkedIn (though I admit I will, because the signal matters too). I joined to participate.
I want to put forward proposals when I see opportunities the industry should pursue. I want to connect people who are working on AI from different worlds and who perhaps haven't yet crossed paths.
And above all, I want the conversation about AI in Chile to be a quality conversation — rigorous, diverse in perspectives, willing to sit with difficult questions.
That requires more people from the world of product and strategy to participate actively. Not as audience. As protagonists.
An Invitation
If you're working on AI in Chile — from engineering, design, product, academia, law, public policy, or entrepreneurship — and you feel there's a missing space where these conversations can happen with more depth, I invite you to look into the CCHIA.
Chile's AI ecosystem has real potential. But ecosystems don't build themselves: they are built by people who decide to show up, commit, and contribute.