Why Women Should Be Excited About AI

As artificial intelligence is entering all spheres of our lives, a lot of concern is arising about the possible white bias and patriarchy of the impending AI world. Research shows women are much more skeptical of and averse to innovation in comparison to men who embrace and triumph it. This fear of technological innovation has to do with the fact that society often views the role of women as replaceable by AI, which is visible in the abundance of women robots and female personal assistants, such as Alexa and Cortana. If we're coming to the point when most jobs are automated and robots become everyday reality in our lives, we'd better make sure those algorithms are beneficial for most people, be it an Afro-American woman or a Chinese man. As of today, 85% of the machine learning workforce is male.