{"id":2688,"date":"2018-06-01T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T21:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2018-06-01T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T21:33:34","slug":"meet-autodesks-ai-trainer-conversational-engineer-yizel-vizcarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/meet-autodesks-ai-trainer-conversational-engineer-yizel-vizcarra\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Autodesk\u2019s AI-Trainer and \u2018Conversational Engineer\u2019 Yizel Vizcarra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bill Danon<\/p>\n<p>Among the many people doing amazing things at Autodesk is Yizel Vizcarra. But even among an impressive cadre of architects, mechanical engineers, software developers and visual effects experts, Yizel\u2019s role stands out as unique.<\/p>\n<p>Her job is to train AVA, the AI-based Autodesk Virtual Agent, to use natural language conversation in her interactions with customers. 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