Artificial intelligence--gender parity enabler or detractor? - Talent & Organization Blog for Financial Services

Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining prominence in the workforce, as firms seek to maximise the benefits of blending human capabilities with intelligent machines. It's an exciting time, but one that requires some caution as well. No matter how intelligent machines are, ultimately humans control them. That fact creates some ethical considerations, one of which is AI's potential to negatively impact gender parity by entrenching bias. This could have a considerable impact in financial services (FS), considering that 74 percent of FS executives surveyed for Accenture's 2018 Future Workforce report indicated they expect to implement AI to a significant extent over the next three years.