Given their wide-ranging and ever-developing capabilities,
artificial intelligence ("AI") and
AI-supported tools certainly have the potential to support the
introduction and advancement of innovative and effective diversity,
equity and inclusion ("DEI") initiatives
in the workplace.
However, while AI can help to identify patterns of unconscious
bias and support the development of more inclusive workplaces,
among other potential benefits, the use of AI in furtherance of DEI
initiatives is not without risks.
Potential Opportunities
By leveraging automation, AI may enable organizations to collect
and analyze data that may have previously been too costly or
time-consuming to process manually. For instance, AI-enabled tools
may have the capacity to aggregate, analyze and draw conclusions
from large or complex datasets to spot indicators of bias or
inequity in recruitment, advancement, compensation, performance
evaluation, work allocation and other workplace
