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(Credit: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay) We sit down with three female founders who are running AI startups -- and they tell us candidly what it's like to be a woman in artificial intelligence. "Nobody took us seriously, not a single person," says Davar Ardalan, founder of IVOW, who has been rejected by investors 350 times. "It's incredibly demeaning." At a time when billions of dollars are going into AI startups, and the pandemic has caused a digital transformation in nearly every industry, it could not be more important to get women and people of color involved in AI so their perspectives can inform technology. But bias and sexism and racism in the AI field persist. We share these women's stories in an effort to raise awareness of the obstacles faced by women in AI. But at the same time, we want to encourage women and girls to chase their startup dreams, especially as AI technology is more widely used in everything from commerce to healthcare to education. Guests include Ardalan; Sheffie Robinson, of Shamrck Education; Carolyn Rodz, of Hello Alice, and Eve Logunova, of Women in AI and WaiACCELERATE. The episode features music created by women in AI, including Taryn Southern and Holly Herndon. More in this series Listen to ‘Ugly Sexist AI’ PodcastYes, artificial intelligence has incredible potential. But it's also reproducing all the gender bias and inequality that currently exists in the world. (Part 1)

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Women in AI, Part 2: The Women in AI Are Talking

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Women in AI, Part 2: The Women in AI Are Talking

The Story Exchange

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