There’s a common fear among people who work in Silicon Valley: snag(抓住，弄到手) one of the fast-growing, high-paying jobs in artificial intelligence, or get trapped in the “permanent underclass(永久底层阶级)”, a phrase describing the fate of those who won’t have upward mobility(向上流动) in the age of AI.
在硅谷工作的人普遍有一种恐惧：要么抓住人工智能领域快速增长的高薪工作，要么被困在“永久底层”——这个词描述的是那些在人工智能时代无法向上流动的人的命运。
The phrase usually describes a future in which AI automate(使自动化)s human jobs. But for women in tech, it’s starting to look like the present(看起来像是当下).
这个词通常描述的是人工智能取代人类工作的未来。但对科技行业的女性来说，它开始像是当下的现实。
“A lot of people say: ‘Oh, AI is lowering barriers(降低门槛), it’s equalizing the playing field(创造公平竞争环境) for women,’” said Urvashi Batra, co-founder and CEO of Prioriwise, an AI platform for IT service providers. “I actually think it’s the opposite(相反的).”
“很多人说：‘哦，人工智能正在降低门槛，正在为女性创造公平的竞争环境，’”IT服务提供商的人工智能平台Prioriwise的联合创始人兼首席执行官乌尔瓦希·巴特拉说。“我恰恰认为情况相反。”
‘I’ve seen so many women fall through the cracks’
“我见过太多女性被忽视”