Another 'Women in' event will make no difference: tokenism, privilege and violence in academia, science and technology

Equality, diversity and inclusion are buzzwords, like AI itself. 'Women in' events proliferate, as less women opt to study computer science, and more women express a desire to leave their jobs in academia, science and technology. If the goal is to shape the future of working environments based on AI and technological progress, a humane new perspective is needed to find solutions to these problems. The solutions cannot be superficial, which has been the case so far, otherwise the long-standing iniquities of tokenism, vicious circles of privilege and hostile working environments will be perpetuated. This talk shows why we need to challenge the current voices on equality, diversity and inclusion and provoke a profound debate on the current status quo. A transformative viewpoint is presented with some ideas for positive change and democratisation of AI-related areas.