Is this a man’s world? Acknowledging gender bias in AI
1 min readPhoto caption: Women Reclaiming AI / Birgitte Aga (UK), Coral Manton (UK). Photo credit: Birgitte Aga, Coral Manton. Article by Carla Gimeno Grauwinkel, Ana-Maria Carabelea, guest article. Ars Electronica Blog – June 17, 2022.
Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming a major driving force of the rapidly accelerating digital transformation. Therefore, we have the responsibility to confront and question the gender biases inherent in AI models and seek ways to mitigate them.
There is a worrying absence of women employed in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and data science in today’s society. Globally, more than three-quarters (78%) of professionals in these fields are men, while less than a quarter (22%) are women according to the World Economic Forum (2018). The question […]