Girl Power in the World of AI

In the technical and largely male-dominated world of Artificial Intelligence, the notion of making emotional connections seems completely counter-intuitive…until you talk with Olga Russakovsky. As co-founder of SAILORS (Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory's Outreach Summer), America's first AI summer camp for teen girls, Olga reflects on what she refers to as a "transformative experience." It was a simple moment that occurred one morning when the SAILORS camp girls were at breakfast. "Girls were sitting there, braiding each other's hair…and discussing AI!" she says. "Watching them do something so girly like braiding hair while they were talking through their research project at SAILORS was so inspiring!"