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AI's male-dominated culture perpetuates bias, warns computer scientist Wendy Hall, citing underrepresentation of women in tech and its real-world harms.
Artificial intelligence remains heavily male-dominated, with computer scientist Wendy Hall warning at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi that the lack of women in leadership and development leads to biased systems that reinforce gender stereotypes.
She cited examples like AI generating sexualized deepfakes of women and emphasized that unrepresentative training data perpetuates inequalities.
Despite decades of advocacy, women remain underrepresented in computer science, face funding gaps for startups, and often leave the field due to a hostile culture.
Hall, who faced gender discrimination early in her career, expressed cautious hope in the growing number of young women, especially from India, eager to shape AI’s future.
La cultura dominada por los hombres de la IA perpetúa el sesgo, advierte la científica informática Wendy Hall, citando la subrepresentación de las mujeres en la tecnología y sus daños en el mundo real.