The Imperative of Diversity and Inclusion in the Ai Industry, and why I’ve said “no” today.

For a long time now there have been a lot of open, vocal discussions about the need for diversity in the voices and creators of Ai and open-data-driven products. Often dismissed as box-ticking, or at worst a distraction from innovation and progress, it’s worth resetting the perspective before I go into a decision I made today, and calling out why I’ve made it. In the rapidly evolving space of smarter-technology and artificial intelligence (Ai), inclusive views and inclusive data have emerged as pivotal factors that will shape the industry’s growth, ethical standards, and societal impact. Artificial Intelligence isn’t Auto-Magic, it’s opinions embedded and amplified by code. Full-stop. Take something you want sped-up or automated, run it through rapidly repeating, learning and improving algorithms, and it spits out a point-of-view in words, actions, pictures, videos, or analysis form. <a href="https://medium.com/@petetrainor/the-imperative-of-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-ai-industry-and-why-ive-said-no-today-8ba37df9a17f">Learn More</a>