Male dominance in movie depictions of tech putting women off careers in AI - Talker

Male dominance in big-screen depictions of tech is putting women off careers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) where they are massively under-represented, warns new research. Women make up just eight percent of workers in films depicting Artificial Intelligence - and half of them are subordinate to men, according to the findings. University of Cambridge researchers claimed this "dangerous cultural stereotype" is emulated in the real-world shortage of women in the industry. Across the globe, just 22 percent of real-world AI professionals are women, versus 39 percent across all STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine.) Researchers argue the gender chasm is exacerbated by films such as Iron Man and Ex Machina promoting cultural perceptions of AI as "the product of lone male geniuses."