10 Amendments of Silvia MODIG related to 2020/2017(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas artificial intelligence systems are increasingly being developed to be more human-like, which is also affected by our image of gender equality; whereas AI designers modify AI systems based on their own human perception and world of experience; whereas developers of artificial intelligence systems and applications often have a similar background, are mostly male, usually well-paid and have often completed the same technical training; whereas the proportion of women and minorities in the development of artificial intelligence systems is very low; whereas gender inequalities and discrimination have been reproduced through the design, input and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems; whereas incomplete datasets and incorrect bias can distort the reasoning of an AI system, and jeopardise gender equality in society;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender inequalities are also created and replicated through the language and images disseminated by the media and AI-powered applications; whereas gender stereotypes are repeated, especially in the gaming industry and in the use of digital sound assistants; whereas education, culture programmes and audiovisual contents are a fundamental tool for combatting gender stereotypes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas digital voice assistants are mainly programmed as young women; whereas companies make a profit by pleasing their customers and justify the use of the female voice by the fact that customers prefer the female voice and they get more profit by using a female voice; whereas research findings do not support this view; whereas digital voice assistants have been shown to respond to messages comparable to sexual harassment often to a lesser extent; whereas the responses of voice assistants to sexual harassment are based on their programming; whereas the programmed responses of voice assistants to sexual harassment perpetuate a sexist and distorted image of women;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas cyber harassment remains a huge concern in the development of artificial intelligence in education, whereas significant amounts of people have been victims of new forms of online sexual and psychological harassment during the COVID19 period including zoom-bombing, stalking or threats online; whereas major part of the workplaces, including the EU institutions, did not implement any measures to address these new forms of sexual and psychological harassment;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for policies targeted at increasing the participation of women in the fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and the adoption of a multi-level approach to address the gender gap in all levels of education and employment in the digital sector; and to promote a culture of workplaces in technology workplaces towards gender equality working conditions and working practices, which will also lead to the development of more gender-diverse and inclusive technology products and applications using artificial intelligence;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers essential for the achievement of gender equality to build a comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, which includes the fight against cyber violence, online sexual harassment as well as against online objectification, hypersexualisation and sexual exploitation of women;
Amendment 76 #
6a. Stresses the need for training for AI workers and educators to promote the ability to identify and correct gender- discriminatory practices in the workplace and in education, and for workers developing AI systems and applications to identify and remedy sexism and gender in AI systems and applications they develop; and to establish clear responsibilities in companies and educational institutions to ensure that there is no discrimination or sexism based on gender in the workplace and educational institutions;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to support research funding aimed at identifying and eradicating the causes of responses of digital voice assistants that underestimate the sexual harassment towards them; to end the practice of making digital voice assistants women by default and to encourage the development of gender-neutral voice assistants;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)