%0 Conference Paper %B IJCAI 2021 Workshop on AI for Social Good %D 2021 %T A Material Lens to Investigate the Gendered Impact of the AI Industry %A Satyam Mohla %A Bishnupriya Bagh %A Anupam Guha %X

Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a collection of tech- nologies, but more so as a growing component of the global mode of production, has a significant im- pact on gender, specifically gendered labour. In this position paper we argue that the dominant aspect of AI industry’s impact on gender is more that the pro- duction and reproduction of epistemic biases which is the focus of contemporary research but is rather a material impact. We draw attention to how as a part of a larger economic structure the AI industry is altering the nature of work, expanding platformi- sation, and thus increasing precarity which is push- ing women out of the labour force. We state that this is a neglected concern and specific challenge worthy of attention for the AI research community.

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