Opinion No, Google, I meant women’s rugby league, not NRL
The AFLW began in 2017 and has boasted sold-out games and tens of thousands of fans have flocked to stadiums to watch beloved stars like Tayla Harris,A similar story is unfolding with the NRLW, the national women’s rugby league competition, which started in 2018 and has steadily grown in popularity.
Firstly, algorithms and technological systems are created by humans, and their social and cultural presumptions and biases are often embedded in the software.Secondly, systems are built on a historical data sets. For example, AI is often trained on past news articles and content, which contain hidden biases. This is why Google images will mostly show pictures of women when you search “nurse” and men when you search “footballer”.
It also makes it harder to find information about games and sports to be found by fans – limiting and prohibiting their engagement.Loading This is where getting more women and people from marginalised communities into IT and software development can help challenge the status quo embedded in these algorithms.