Folks need to stop blaming women for holding to their values and protecting themselves when it comes to using generative AI. We (all, not just us women) need to fix the root causes.
Karen! What a great write up! I so appreciate you showing how you can be open to AI and still stand up for people's right to refuse it on ethical or professional grounds. And I totally agree, shaping tools and practices to respond meaningfully to these concerns will benefit us all. I can't wait for the results of your 50 person interview on this topic! Keep going! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement, Erin Rose! The 60th interview publishes this week, and Lakshmi & I are working on some meta-analysis of guests’ experiences. Can’t wait to see what we find 😊
Very good article! I writing a take down of "Lean In" (not in the context of AI, but in how the concept confirms scarcity mindset) in a future substack post!
Values seem to be a factor, but I'd also suggest that women average higher in verbal skills and thus find the aid of LLMs less valuable for the purpose of writing. To get a chatbot to write materials beyond the most common views on any subject requires more work than I'm typically willing to put in. They are useful for strategizing and some types of research.
Oh, good point, Jeanne! I haven’t yet seen any studies that take verbal skill levels into account.
I’d love to hear more about how you do & don’t use AI tools. (If you’re ever up for being featured as a guest in my “AI, Software, & Wetware” interview series, DM me :)
Karen! What a great write up! I so appreciate you showing how you can be open to AI and still stand up for people's right to refuse it on ethical or professional grounds. And I totally agree, shaping tools and practices to respond meaningfully to these concerns will benefit us all. I can't wait for the results of your 50 person interview on this topic! Keep going! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement, Erin Rose! The 60th interview publishes this week, and Lakshmi & I are working on some meta-analysis of guests’ experiences. Can’t wait to see what we find 😊
Very good article! I writing a take down of "Lean In" (not in the context of AI, but in how the concept confirms scarcity mindset) in a future substack post!
Nice - looking forward to your takedown article 😊
Values seem to be a factor, but I'd also suggest that women average higher in verbal skills and thus find the aid of LLMs less valuable for the purpose of writing. To get a chatbot to write materials beyond the most common views on any subject requires more work than I'm typically willing to put in. They are useful for strategizing and some types of research.
Oh, good point, Jeanne! I haven’t yet seen any studies that take verbal skill levels into account.
I’d love to hear more about how you do & don’t use AI tools. (If you’re ever up for being featured as a guest in my “AI, Software, & Wetware” interview series, DM me :)