Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping every industry, including healthcare. But as these transformative technologies advance, critical questions arise around equity, ethics, and accessibility.<\/p>\n
Who is developing these AI systems, and whose perspectives and life experiences are being centered? Whose data is being used to train the models, and whose needs are being prioritized or overlooked? Without diversity across the AI lifecycle, from conception to deployment, these powerful technologies run the risk of baking in historical biases and perpetuating harmful disparities.<\/p>\n
This International Women\u2019s Day, with the theme \u201cInvest in Women\u201d we had a conversation with Chhavi Chauhan, a leader at the Women in AI Ethics collective and was recently honored as a Top 100 Woman of the Future in Emergent Tech. She brings a refreshingly holistic view, anchored in her background spanning molecular biology, biotech, healthcare, and a deep passion for increasing diversity and ensuring ethical approaches in emergent technologies.<\/p>\n
During our candid conversation, Chhavi shares eye-opening examples of how historical biases in data have led to discriminatory products.<\/p>\n
She also paints a vision for how AI can help democratize processes and bridge disparities \u2014 when developed responsibly and with diverse voices at the table from the start.<\/p>\n