Inspiration from Women Leaders in AI

What I’m Reading & Watching Right Now to Better Understand AI & Society

While names like Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Geoffrey Hinton often appear in AI news coverage, there are many women leaders in the field with brilliant insights to share when it comes to AI technologies, our relationships with them, and how they can be leveraged for social good.

The following books, articles, and videos, are current sources of inspiration and motivation for me. I hope you will enjoy them, too!

Read

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines by Dr. Joy Buolamwini

The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Imagination: A Manifesto by Dr. Ruha Benjamin

“Accounting for the Labor of AI Integration” by Dr. Samantha Shorey

“These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI” by Lorena O’Neil

Watch & Listen

TIME AI 100 Impact Awards: Kay Firth-Butterfield is Shaping Responsible AI Governance

“AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” by Dr. Joy Buolamwini

2023 Good Systems Symposium at UT Austin: “Global Collaboration to Fuel Ethical Innovation” with Sherri Greenberg, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Kate Devlin, and Christine Custis

“Data Privacy and Women’s Rights”: Rebecca Finlay on the Radical AI podcast

What are you reading/watching/listening to from women in AI? I’d love your recommendations! Thanks in advance!