Just 12% of AI researchers globally are female via forbes.com/sites/robtoews
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So? Maybe women don't want to be AI researchers as much as men.
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It is by far not only a matter of «want ».
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Well. I think Marie Curie would disagree.
Are there artificial barriers to entry aside from skill and desire?
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IMarie Curie did succeed but if you read her story you will understand how much she had to fight for something which was absolutely the norm for men. She had an incredible husband and received support from him and other men scientists. Skill and desire wouldn’t have been enough.
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Right, but that was 150 years ago.
Absolutely nothing prevents women from getting into AI except themselves. At least in first world countries. Men are the ones who develop most scientific fields and trailblaze them and then women tend to enter later. That's the history of it.
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Disagree based on facts:
1) women have contributions to science in spite of all barriers but history of science was written by men. It is changing.
2) a time/culture constraint for women: maternity. 3 days ago a woman told me she lost her PhD scholarship because of pregnancy.
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When I attend mainstream #technology, analytics and #AI conferences in London the representation of women is about 20% to 40%. I genuinely want to understand reasons for this and help to solve it.
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This is extraordinary and it is because of men like you for sure that we made progress not only in regard to gender diversity but in general with building a more fair society. 🙏♾🙏
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It is a very nice thing, but may be misplaced. If 1% of men want to be in AI but only 0.025% of women, what would be the natural ratio of men to women in the field?
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Women, for whatever reason tend not to be early adopters of science specialties. They tend to jump in later when it is more fleshed out and mainstream. AI is in its infancy, so it is not surprising the ratio. It will equalize naturally over time. We don't need to force it.