The women putting intelligence in artificial intelligence

Despite advances that have been made in women's participation in technology education and innovation over the past decade, women remain under-represented in the information technology (IT) sector and in IT-based entrepreneurial initiatives. The 2019 report I'd blush if I could published by the UNSECO is striking. It found that only 12 per cent of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers and just six percent of professional software developers are women. Without diverse perspectives and ideas, we risk developing new technologies that do not meet the needs of half the population. In fact, the European Commission's 2020 white paper into AI calls for "requirements to take reasonable measures aimed at ensuring that [the] use of AI systems does not lead to outcomes entailing prohibited discrimination."