From the report “AI in the EU: 2024 Trends and Insights from LinkedIn”: “Only 26.3% of the European Union workforce employed in AI-related professions is women: lower than both the 27.7% in the United Kingdom and the 29.8% in the United States. In this sense, women are also underrepresented compared to the overall female share of the EU workforce, which stands at 46.4%. Although the gap has narrowed since 2016, at this rate it will take 162 years to achieve gender equality.”
These numbers tell us that we must address the Artificial Gender Gap:
both to increase the percentage of female employment
and because AI requires diversity and all skills.
Therefore, we must promote the presence of women in STEM disciplines, especially in ICT, where the gap is very large, and be aware that AI requires more than just technical skills. Humanities disciplines such as philosophy, ethics, psychology, and linguistics are crucial to developing inclusive technologies.
Women, traditionally more present in these fields, could make a difference.
LinkedIn Newsletter: “Che forma sta prendendo l’intelligenza artificiale nell’Unione europea.”
