Ep 46: Emilia Cortale on Meta's Llama and Cuban Poet Plácido

Research assistant Emilia Cortale returns to test Llama (Meta’s open-source LLM) on Plácido’s “La flor de la caña,” then unpacks what AI-assisted reading means for the Humanities: access vs. depth, dialect and historical nuance, hallucinations, authorship, and ethics in education and the environment. Practical guardrails included: prompt documentation, source verification, dialect awareness, and sustainability reflection.

Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome
0:11 Intro
1:52 Emilia Cortale Demos Llama
33:21 Conclusion
36:04 Outro

Sources:
Deb, Sopan. “Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.” The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025, www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/technology/chatgpt-alexa-please-thank-you.html.
Grattafiori, Aaron, et al. “The Llama 3 Herd of Models.” arXiv, 23 July 2024, arxiv.org/abs/2407.21783.
McInnis-Domínguez, Meghan. Digital Reflection. Suno, 2025, https://suno.com/.
Moylan, Rachel, et al. “Teaching and AI in the Postdigital Age: Learning from Teachers’ Perspectives.” Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 153, 2025, p. 104851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.1....
Rubei, Ricardo, et al. “Prompt Engineering and Its Implications on the Energy Consumption of Large Language Models.” arXiv, 10 Jan. 2025, https://arxiv.org/html/2501.05899v1.
Wu, Carol-Jean, et al. “Sustainable AI: Environmental Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Meta Research, 29 Aug. 2022, research.facebook.com/file/599943291101522/Sustainable-AI--Environmental-Implications,-Challenges-and-Opportunities.pdf.
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