The AI Gender Gap Paradox

For better or for worse, generative AI is already reshaping how work is done, who advances, and whose perspectives guide the next generation of tools. Generative AI tools deliver incredible efficiency gains. A study by The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found that the majority of respondents who used generative AI tools in the past week saved between 2-4 hours with more frequent users reporting even greater time savings. The irony is that the most overwhelmed people are too overwhelmed to learn the tools that will help them become less overwhelmed. More than half of professionals say learning AI feels like a second job, which, for most women, is actually a third job when you consider the continued disparities in time spent on child care and household work. However, if women disengage, they lose influence at precisely the moment when their experience is most needed. If they engage and advocate, their risk awareness can strengthen the technology itself.