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Where does AI biases come from? Well the most obvious is data and programming! This recent survey from the Kaggle community on data scientists is illuminating! 1. Gender bias exists - only 16.2% are women and this has been from 2017! Women are 49.7 % of the global population!!!! This needs to change as women are not only closing the gender gap but influence key decisions about life and spending. 2. Age bias exists - only 15% of data scientists surveyed are over the age of 40!

Wednesday 20 October, 1.30 in Sheikh Saeed Hall 3, Dubai WTC (Digital Dubai Space) Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS) are all around us. It is growing at a phenomenal rate (33% CAGR) and is supposed to add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to PwC. As designers, producers, regulators, service providers, adaptors or decision-makers, and users, we all have a role in ensuring these innovations are ethically aligned. Unfortunately, this task is not easy.

This virtual panel was organised by IEEE on 5th October. The key premise is that a diversity of ideas into the design of innovation (and the problem) will help create better solutions. What does this mean. Missed the event? Here is the recording: techethics.ieee.org/videos Seda and I discussed a range of topics. For me 'responsible innovation' is about looking at the complexity of stewardship - every one is responsible, it is about designing products with human agency and pu

Available podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NzWfpR1nU On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exponential-thinking-innovation-driven-government-melodena-stephens- (article reproduced here). Governments of the Future need to be innovative – simply because disruptive technologies, crises and citizen needs will evolve so rapidly that the pace of adapting for yesterday is not effective tomorrow or even today. Think of events like the covid-19 pandemic, global wa

Overview The problem: Moonshots are regularly announced but to work, they need more strategic input. Why it matters: Unplanned moonshots can quickly lose momentum, leading to a loss of credibility, dilution of purpose, poor impact in the public value space or loss of trust. The solution: Understanding the context, the purpose and outlining the long-term strategy (resources like talent, finance, partnerships) will help achieve moonshots. This article gives five steps to launch