{"id":439725,"date":"2023-03-12T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=439725"},"modified":"2023-03-12T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T06:32:00","slug":"about-feminine-achievements-and-masculine-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/about-feminine-achievements-and-masculine-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"About feminine achievements and masculine complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, look back on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist\u00a0Albert Jan Rasker<\/a>. He picks a subject, makes a drawing, and we take it from there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s plain and simple: when an organization is diverse, the chances of success in the long term are higher. And still, only 10 percent of all founders in the Dutch start-up ecosystem are women. And women entrepreneurs still raise much less money than their male counterparts. This, of course, has lots of reasons, but it needs to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recently launched Dutch program Momentum, therefore, focuses on supporting female founders. \u201cIf we do nothing, the system changes too slowly,\u201d says Mercedes de Miranda, Program Director of Momentum at Startupbootcamp. \u201cAnd systemic changes are often incredibly slow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative is much needed. Read the whole story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s more to be done. As we all know, AI systems can be very biased. When programmed by a man, they tend to favor male-related results. When AI tools are asked to suggest a hundred occupations or characters, less than twenty percent of the tools show images of a woman. Awareness of this bias led to the creation of Missjourney – the name of which was clearly inspired by Midjourney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more about Missjourney here<\/a>. From CEOs to leaders, superheroes to doctors and engineers, our minds are pushed toward male pictures. MissJourney actively counters these biased gender stereotypes; the initiators hope it will inspire AI developers to create smart, unbiased solutions. We agree (and so does Albert Jan) and can only hope the male part of society doesn\u2019t see this ambition as a lady\u2019s task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s more…<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to this – as always – we had our sights sharp on all those people and organizations busy tackling the enormous challenges of our time. Here is this week\u2019s \u201csneak preview of the future<\/a>“:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hable One keyboard enables blind people to use smartphones again<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After months of mounting pressure from the United States, the Dutch government forces ASML into new export restrictions on China<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dangerous places can now be inspected with drones made by Flyability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, houses will roll off an assembly line<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new optical tool helps to detect how bacteria communicate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battery invention from Delft lab can extend the battery service life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And finally, here’s what our AI-powered editor was all about this week: follow Laio<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a great, innovative week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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