After Accusations Of Bias--AI Could Bring Diversity To Tech

"We could all do a better job of celebrating the women and underrepresented groups in science'" says Dr Jessica Wade today on International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Dr Wade is a physicist at Imperial College London well known for her work to raise the profile of under-represented groups in science, with hundreds of Wikipedia pages on female scientists she has written outside of her day job at the Centre for Plastic Electronics. There is a critical skills gap looming in the tech sector, and especially in data science and AI. Much more needs to be done to mobilize young people, especially poorly represented groups (including women) into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. The U.K. Industrial Strategy has recognized the critical skills shortage that needs to be addressed to help the U.K. become a global leader in data, AI and other critical technologies for the future, and the need for education to address this skills shortage highlighted in the recent All Party Parliamentary Group on AI which will be looking at this as a key task area for 2019.