Emerging Technologies Need Diversity: Innovative Women in AI / Blockchain to Follow in 2019

Besides being a hot topic these days, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain have received a reputation for being especially male-dominated in an already bro-saturated tech world. However, the buzz around artificial intelligence and cryptography isn't without merit, as these technologies are much more than just one more thing to be mansplained. "It's expected that soon, artificial intelligence will combine the intricacy and pattern recognition strength of human intelligence with the speed, memory and knowledge sharing of machine intelligence." Similarly, decentralized blockchain systems have the potential to change our lives from the way we do business, to the way we drive, vote, make purchases and even prove our identity. With such diverse and far-reaching applications, it is clear that a diversity of perspectives will be necessary to create effective and sustainable solutions.