Have You Experienced Gender Inequity in Artificial Intelligence Applications?
For women, hurdles are everywhere. Despite the critical role women play in societies, unequal access to education, loans, jobs, healthcare, technology, and political discourse are commonplace and worsened by COVID-19.
Technological innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) promise to identify and close these gaps through claims of a more data-driven, objective approach, but ironically pose another hurdle for women. Often, these digital systems inadvertently carry the same old analog gender biases.
AI Gender Inequity Example
Imagine that you run a small woman-owned business from home. Excited by its early success, you apply for a loan to hire staff and get more space. But you’re soon dejected every bank approved you for a smaller loan than requested, while a friend got his loan request approved in full. You’re surprised he has similar assets and savings as you. The only obvious difference i
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