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Nov 6, 2022

Women get to speak less in TV debates than men, AI analyzes 625,409 dialogues

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It’s a small comparison percentage, however, it matters.

The big idea.


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I’m a computer scientist who uses AI to study social science questions. In collaboration with student AI researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, we developed AI methods that reliably distinguish intrusive and unfriendly interruptions from those that are benign. Intrusive interruptions aim to take over a conversation or stifle the speaker, and benign interruptions aim to support the speaker with helpful information or indications of agreement.

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