Origin story: Where are the women in AI and data?

Our directory has ballooned from 0, then 34 in 8 countries, in mid-December to 319+ women and nonbinary folks in 43+ countries today (in just 4 months) - and we're not done yet

“To rebut the claim that few women write about AI, Karen Smiley located and connected 280 women who write on the subject--including Women of a Certain Age. Read her guest blog to learn more.”

Thanks to

Stella Fosse

for encouraging me to share the origin story for our directory on her blog! SO important for people of all genders and backgrounds worldwide to participate and be heard on developing and using AI and data.

We have found some amazing writers here across a wide range of ages. I highlighted two experienced women in my blog post:

Janet Salmons

and

Jane Rosenzweig

. Check out the full story here: stellafosse.com/women-in-artificial-intelligence.

And we haven’t found them all yet. The next batch of updates to the directory should put us over 330 women and nonbinary folks in 43+ countries who write about AI and data on Substack. Some of the newest additions started their newsletters just this year, which is great to see!

The latest directory, maps, and tables can always be found in this post:

What’s Next?

A few people have expressed interest in expanding beyond a directory to a more active, supportive “She Writes AI” community.

Antonia Manoochehri

and I are working on it — we welcome your involvement and contributions.

If you’re a woman or nonbinary person who writes here about AI and data, and you have ideas on how a She Writes AI community could help you, and/or you would like to participate in building it, please message me, comment on this post, or vote on the poll below. (Substack limits polls to subscribers only, but subscriptions are free.)

Do you know anyone else who should be in this directory? Please connect us!