Opinion: Why are women less likely to use AI?


A woman works on her laptop in the shade of a tree in Bangkok. Why are women less likely to use generative AI? The BIS economists concluded that respondents’ self-reported knowledge about the technology accounted for almost two-thirds of the gap. The remainder could be explained by varying levels of trust in technology. — AFP

Over the past six months, as I’ve gone about my day as a journalist, teacher and parent, I’ve conducted a highly unscientific study. In conversations from the newsroom to the school gates, I’ve asked the same question repeatedly: “Do you use generative AI?”

The responses vary wildly.

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