Name: How AI can help shatter barriers to equality
Uploaded: 2021-01-08T15:54:58Z
Duration: 5 min 46 s
Description: Jamila Gordon believes in the power of human connection -- and artificial intelligence -- to help people who might otherwise be left behind. Telling the story of her own path from refugee to global tech executive, she shows how AI is helping refugees, migrants and those from disadvantaged backgrounds find jobs and develop the skills they need to work effectively and safely.

Jamila Gordon: How AI can help shatter barriers to equality

How AI can help shatter barriers to equality

Jamila Gordon believes in the power of human connection -- and artificial intelligence -- to help people who might otherwise be left behind. Telling the story of her own path from refugee to global tech executive, she shows how AI is helping refugees, migrants and those from disadvantaged backgrounds find jobs and develop the skills they need to work effectively and safely.

Artificial intelligence is breaking down barriers that once kept refugees, migrants, and disadvantaged people from finding and thriving in work. From a childhood carrying heavy water buckets in a Somali village to a global tech career, one personal journey shows how simple acts of support can spark lasting change. Today, AI systems deliver training in dozens of languages and help workers stay safe, making equal opportunity possible at scale. In one meat processing facility, employees speak 49 different languages, yet technology bridges the gap.