Artificial Intelligence Has a 'Sea of Dudes' Problem

It's widely known that tech has a diversity issue, Artificial Intelligence is no exception. However, when you're training algorithms to act like you and think like you, diversity all of a sudden becomes a pretty serious issue. "Earlier this month, Bill Gates took the stage at the Recode conference to talk about philanthropy with his wife, Melinda. They discussed mobile payments, contraception, and billionaires giving away their fortunes. Then the conversation turned to artificial intelligence, and Gates grinned and swiveled in his giant red leather chair. "Certainly, it's the most exciting thing going on," he said. It's the big dream that anybody who's ever been in computer science has been thinking about."