With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) raising questions over its impact on society, Google’s Bard, along with experts from UNESCO and India, believes that women’s participation is “fair, unbiased and beneficial for all AI”. Can help develop.
The first highlighted that AI uses data produced by humans, but it also inherits human flaws such as bias based on age, gender or ethnicity.
Google’s AI chatbot Bard shared an example of gender bias. It states that if a dataset is made up of mostly male engineers, an AI system trained on this dataset may be more likely to make decisions favoring males.
The chatbot then said: “The involvement of women in the AI lifecycle can help reduce bias in AI systems in a number of ways. First, women will be able to identify and identify biases in the data used to train AI systems.” can help overcome it. Second, women can help develop AI systems that are more inclusive and take into account the needs of all users. Third, women can help ensure that AI systems should be used appropriately and ethically.”
In March, UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector launched the ‘Women 4 Ethical AI Platform’ during a high-level event. It was said: “This new platform is an opportunity for global gender quality leaders in cutting edge technologies to combine their strengths and influence to achieve the clear goal of implementing UNESCO’s recommendation on the ethics of AI with a gender lens.” will provide a unique location.”
UNESCO will involve women in AI through a recommendation to advance the ethical development and deployment of AI for fair and inclusive outcomes, with a particular emphasis on gender diversity and empowerment.
The forum will focus on:
- Dedicating funds to gender related projects
- ensuring that national digital policies include a gender action plan
- Encouraging female entrepreneurship, participation and leadership in AI
- Investing in programs to increase the participation of girls and women in STEM and ICT disciplines
- Eliminating gender stereotypes and ensuring that AI systems are not biased.
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About the importance of involving more women in the field of AI, Neha Shvetambari, SVP, Product and Delivery, at Think360.ai, told News18: “AI requires a micro-segmented approach for a large base of consumers like our country. allows. Therefore, India, despite being slow in adopting AI, will move forward at a tremendous pace. In the process, implicit biases will become a part of the system.”
They believe that having a diverse workforce will help identify biases faster and make it easier to correct them. “The biases introduced by low participation of women in the labor force or low ownership of assets in the risk framework need to be managed with the right metrics and parameters with equity-based weighting.”
Sachin Arora, partner and head of KPMG’s Lighthouse (Data, AI and Analytics) in India, said AI literacy should be one of the main focus areas, given the potential AI has to offer and the productivity it will boost GDP.
“We are rapidly moving towards organizations becoming a collection of AI models. As we witness a significant shift, embracing a diversity of perspective becomes even more paramount. The AI teams building these models must represent the population they are going to serve, otherwise, there is a huge risk of substantial bias affecting the results of these models,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mamta Arora, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, also highlighted the importance of inclusion of women, saying that gender bias in AI systems can perpetuate social inequalities and reinforce stereotypes leading to biased decision making and unfair results.
“India, like many other countries, is experiencing a growing interest in AI and its potential applications. We do this by encouraging STEM education, women’s participation in AI research, supporting women-led AI startups, creating funding programs, initiatives that inspire and support girls to engage in AI-related fields, and careers. Promote women in AI by providing awareness about the possibilities of AI. AI,” said Prof Arora.
Expressing similar views, Smita Khanna, COO, Newton Consulting Group, said that given the rapid digitisation, it is the best time to include and encourage greater participation of women in AI, which is being implemented in educational initiatives, This can be done through scholarships, mentorship programs, outreach. program and dedicated support network.
He believes that AI can play a role in addressing gender-based violence in India. Khanna, citing the report of the National Family Health Survey 2022, said that nearly one-third of women have experienced physical or sexual violence.
“Indian non-profit organization Suraksha uses AI to collect and analyze data on incidents of sexual harassment and violence against women. This data is then used to identify patterns, advocate for policy and implement preventive measures in communities,” she said.