Am March 8th the world celebrated International Women’s Day – a day that celebrates the remarkable achievements of women, draws attention to persistent inequalities and calls on the global community to continue to advocate for gender equality.
When it was founded in 1910, the focus of International Women’s Day was on promoting equal rights for women, fighting for women’s right to vote and improving their working conditions. These original demands have undergone a significant journey spanning more than a century and now find new meaning and urgency in today’s technological world.
Die Discrimination against women finds new meaning and urgency in today’s technological world. Current discussions revolve particularly around this Design and application of technologies, especially in the area of artificial intelligence (AI)and impressively reveal the numerous ongoing grievances.
A stage for change
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the… 09.03.2024 the City Hall in Cologne into a vibrant meeting place that marks the official opening of the event Mayor Henriette Reker was able to experience on Women’s Day. Immediately afterwards there were keynote speeches from Daniela Kreklow (Female perspectives in the AI world: Opportunities and challenges for non-discriminatory use) and Dr. Bianca Zickerick (AI my friend and helper? How artificial intelligence is changing our working world and how we can deal with it) from the Future Center KI NRW the focus of the event.
AI: An opportunity or risk for equality?
Artificial intelligence has that Potential to radically change the world of work and create new job profiles. But it also contains them Risk of reinforcing existing discriminationif no active countermeasures are taken. The question of how we can ensure that the development and use of AI technologies promote rather than undermine gender equality should be the focus.
In order to enable active countermeasures, one is required A look at the causes and associated consequences of “AI discrimination”. Technical applications (AI systems) merely reproduce the distortions, prejudices or gaps in perspective already contained in the original data. It can for Gender-Data-Gap* come.
With the The result is that poor data leads to disadvantages for women.
*Gender data gap or gender bias refers to the phenomenon whereby women are underrepresented or left out entirely in scientific studies and statistics, resulting in a gender data gap. This gap results in an unwanted distortion of the results of scientific research due to the lack of relevant data about women.
Skills for the future
Another focus was on the Competenciesskills required to work with AI and how women can acquire these skills and use them in the world of work. The impact on the working world of many women cannot yet be conclusively estimated, but there is no question that skills such as analytical and critical thinking, experiential knowledge and emotional intelligence will continue to be irreplaceable as human skills.
And now? Just accept it?
The Global Gender Gap Report contributes to a rapid disillusionment that acceptance could be an adequate option. The annual report among 146 countries showed that if we did not take any further measures, it would take 131 years compared to other countries to close the gender-specific data gap. In Europe “only” 67 years (!).
A call to action
The city of Cologne’s event on International Women’s Day was more than a celebration; she was a Call to action. It’s about a Awareness of the importance of gender equality in AI to create and encourage everyone involved to work for one inclusive and equitable technological future to work.
The city of Cologne demonstrated this with this event Commitment to the advancement of women in all areas of society and technology. By driving forward the discussion about female perspectives in the AI world, the city is… important impulses for the non-discriminatory use of AI – not just on International Women’s Day, but every day.
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