Our next UPDI event will take place as part of a side-event during the 55th UN Statistical Commission in New-York, at the UN-Women Building.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rife with contradictions, while it has the potential to improve human existence, at the same time it threatens to deepen social divides. AI appears neutral, but it’s made by humans, which means it internalizes all the same bias as we have – including gender bias. Although, neutrality of primary data hardly exists in data nowadays. In addition, the problem stems from a lack of diversity within the industry that is reinforcing problematic gender stereotypes: women are largely absent from the AI world. The side event will be the occasion to talk about opportunities AI offers but also the solutions we should take into account to lower gender gaps in the labor market as well as the gender representation within artificial intelligence thanks to better access to gender data. How can official statistics be aware of the data bias and how to take gender data into account while programming artificial intelligence?
Key note speakers are : Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Head of Anticipatory Action and Innovation, United Nations University (confirmed) – Centre for Policy Research and Ronald Jansen, Assistant Director of the United Nations Statistics Division (invited). Panelists are : Georges-Simon Ulrich, Chief Statisticians of Switzerland and Vice-Chair of the UN Statistical Commission (confirmed); Microsoft AI for good (invited) ; Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, the A+ Alliance (invited).
This panel will be moderated by Papa Seck, Chief of UN Women’s Research and Data section
Further information and registration : https://upd-initiative.ch/events/exploring-risks-and-opportunities-of-artificial-intelligence-in-gender-equality
