Why Representation Matters When Building AI

More and more tech companies have initiatives in place to support Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) work. But even as Chief Diversity Officers get hired and diversity statements make their way onto company websites, diverse representation in tech is still lagging. This representation deficit, particularly in product and engineering departments, has huge implications. With the current population of software engineers comprising 25% women, 7.3% Latinos and 4.7% Black people, the teams building technology are not adequately representing the people using it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that focuses on enabling computers to perform tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence.