AI Everywhere, Volume 4: Women Shaping AI In Society & At Home

AI is already in your home. Who decided that?

It arrived in our phones, our workplaces, our children’s media, and even our most intimate moments. But on whose terms? And who owns the machines underneath?

AI Everywhere, Volume 4 brings together 10 new chapters by women and nonbinary authors who refuse to treat those questions as an afterthought. Part of the She Writes AI Everywhere series of human-centered guides to living and working well in an age of intelligent machines, this volume explores the intersection of emerging technology, societal ethics, and diverse human perspectives.

You’ll learn how women around the world are deciding what to let in and what to refuse, and how to make those decisions in your own home and community. Our 12 authors from seven countries bring decades of combined hands-on experience with AI tools, and with knowing when not to use them. Their goal is to help all of us shape AI in turn, keeping our humanity front and center.

Inside this volume:

• Make wiser choices about AI in your most personal moments. Explore how AI companionship works, and how one author used it through fertility and pregnancy (Ch. 3, 7).
• Create for and with children responsibly. Learn how to produce quality children’s content with AI while avoiding “slop” (Ch. 2).
• See who holds the power, and how to push back. Understand how language gaps and control of computing resources shape who benefits from AI, and what it takes to escape digital feudalism (Ch. 4, 9).
• Take back agency and use AI on your own terms. Find practical frameworks for deciding what to let in and what to refuse, from Australia to the Global South (Ch. 6, 10).
• Learn what professional women are really using AI for. Move past the speed-and-productivity hype to see how AI is used for survival and for building things together (Ch. 1, 8).
• Understand where the field is heading. Get perspective on the fast-changing world of digital minds so you can navigate it with confidence (Ch. 5).