The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)—from chatbots to smart thermostats and video games—is making it harder to be a woman.
In Britain, algorithms now play a major role in determining the fates of immigrants, based on factors like ethnicity and health markers. It’s possible that Home Office officials are heedlessly approving these machine-made decisions—with life-altering consequences for the people involved.
AI has eroded women’s security for years, aiding and abetting its hateful human counterparts through deepfake videos, revenge porn, and digital harassment. Bots aim to shame and silence women, while 96 percent of deepfakes are non-consensual pornographic videos predominantly targeting women.
Even the world’s most well-known women face AI-fueled attacks from men on social media. One manipulated image of Taylor Swift famously spread to 47 million people before its removal. And Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) recently discussed the “trauma” of finding an AI-generated pornographic image of herself on X.
Time and again, AI is used to dehumanize and undermine powerful …