Facial Recognition Shows The Absurdity of All-Male Panels.
Welcome to the world of ridiculous conferences, committees, and corporate events.
Ever had the feeling you’re not invited to a great party?
Well, most women in science and business know exactly how that hurts.
Besides a lot of complaints from women and one hilarious Tumblr blog, a software company chose to step in and presented a way how advanced technology, e.g. artificial intelligence, can be utilized to support marginalized groups.
They implemented high-precision facial recognition to identify gender roles accurately at the most relevant events in the world.
Over 60.000 analyzed images and an accuracy rate of more than 99% with thousands of anonymous data sets later, the report they published stands out as a horrible symbol of gender inequality nowadays.
Who are the losers? Well, mainly half of Europe.
The gender gap and all-male panels
At the end of 2018, the event software company Bizzabo analyzed thousands of conferences and symposiums during the last five years. From 2013–2018 they examined 23 countries.
