Framing of this article is “we should close the AI adoption gap by not judging women so harshly for using it.”
I submit an alternate proposal: Let’s judge *everyone* using genAI *much more* harshly and close the adoption gap by discouraging said adoption entirely across all genders.
I submit an alternate proposal: Let’s judge *everyone* using genAI *much more* harshly and close the adoption gap by discouraging said adoption entirely across all genders.
Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help."
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AI generated identical resumes for a man and a woman: Hers was more likely to be labeled 'weak,' while his got a 97% approval rating | Fortune
“If people believe they will be judged more harshly for using AI, they are less likely to adopt it—regardless of their capability."
fortune.com
May 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Framing of this article is “we should close the AI adoption gap by not judging women so harshly for using it.”
I submit an alternate proposal: Let’s judge *everyone* using genAI *much more* harshly and close the adoption gap by discouraging said adoption entirely across all genders.
I submit an alternate proposal: Let’s judge *everyone* using genAI *much more* harshly and close the adoption gap by discouraging said adoption entirely across all genders.
I've been driving gas and diesel my whole life. I learned to work on them because I had to if I wanted one, shit ain't cheap. This is the adoption gap the EV faces: most motherfuckers in this country don't have the money for a new ass car.
Period.
Until wages and affordability goes way up. 🤷🚫💸
Period.
Until wages and affordability goes way up. 🤷🚫💸
February 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I've been driving gas and diesel my whole life. I learned to work on them because I had to if I wanted one, shit ain't cheap. This is the adoption gap the EV faces: most motherfuckers in this country don't have the money for a new ass car.
Period.
Until wages and affordability goes way up. 🤷🚫💸
Period.
Until wages and affordability goes way up. 🤷🚫💸
Blairsville #Georgia
Bluey 🆔 61185
Male, 4yr, 22lbs, neutered
Probable dog.
Possible meerkat.
Mountain Shelter Humane Society Adoption Center
129 Bowling Gap Circle
Blairsville, GA 30512
☎️(706) 781-3843
📧AdoptionCenter@MtnShelter.org
Adopt ❤️
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#BlueskyDogs #Dogs
Bluey 🆔 61185
Male, 4yr, 22lbs, neutered
Probable dog.
Possible meerkat.
Mountain Shelter Humane Society Adoption Center
129 Bowling Gap Circle
Blairsville, GA 30512
☎️(706) 781-3843
📧AdoptionCenter@MtnShelter.org
Adopt ❤️
www.mtnshelter.org/adopt-a-pet#...
#BlueskyDogs #Dogs
August 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Blairsville #Georgia
Bluey 🆔 61185
Male, 4yr, 22lbs, neutered
Probable dog.
Possible meerkat.
Mountain Shelter Humane Society Adoption Center
129 Bowling Gap Circle
Blairsville, GA 30512
☎️(706) 781-3843
📧AdoptionCenter@MtnShelter.org
Adopt ❤️
www.mtnshelter.org/adopt-a-pet#...
#BlueskyDogs #Dogs
Bluey 🆔 61185
Male, 4yr, 22lbs, neutered
Probable dog.
Possible meerkat.
Mountain Shelter Humane Society Adoption Center
129 Bowling Gap Circle
Blairsville, GA 30512
☎️(706) 781-3843
📧AdoptionCenter@MtnShelter.org
Adopt ❤️
www.mtnshelter.org/adopt-a-pet#...
#BlueskyDogs #Dogs
DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.
DeepSeek's AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft report says
DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
DeepSeek, a Chinese tech startup, is gaining traction in developing nations, narrowing the AI adoption gap with advanced economies.
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Anyway, my point is: All the "how to use ChatGPT" workshops in the world are not going to "fix" lagging AI adoption if the actual problem is that many people have deep ethical objections to AI.
See also: the AI gender gap.
See also: the AI gender gap.
May 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Anyway, my point is: All the "how to use ChatGPT" workshops in the world are not going to "fix" lagging AI adoption if the actual problem is that many people have deep ethical objections to AI.
See also: the AI gender gap.
See also: the AI gender gap.
Reporting from hour 7 in council chambers during day two of the city's budget adoption meeting. A lot of tweaks around the edges of Wilson's $8.6B spending plan. Big remaining question: How will councilors fill a self-inflicted $700k budget gap? TBD.
June 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reporting from hour 7 in council chambers during day two of the city's budget adoption meeting. A lot of tweaks around the edges of Wilson's $8.6B spending plan. Big remaining question: How will councilors fill a self-inflicted $700k budget gap? TBD.
I went looking and wondering about the gap of issues between Tim's adoption and Damian showing up and the gap is: none
"Sorry you lost your Dad, your best friend and your on-off girlfriend, Tim, but at least you have a family that oh one of them tried to kill you." No wonder the boy's got probs
"Sorry you lost your Dad, your best friend and your on-off girlfriend, Tim, but at least you have a family that oh one of them tried to kill you." No wonder the boy's got probs
September 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I went looking and wondering about the gap of issues between Tim's adoption and Damian showing up and the gap is: none
"Sorry you lost your Dad, your best friend and your on-off girlfriend, Tim, but at least you have a family that oh one of them tried to kill you." No wonder the boy's got probs
"Sorry you lost your Dad, your best friend and your on-off girlfriend, Tim, but at least you have a family that oh one of them tried to kill you." No wonder the boy's got probs
Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram and Threads. This chart is amazing, indicative of an overnight cultural shift rather than typical tech adoption. techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram and Threads. This chart is amazing, indicative of an overnight cultural shift rather than typical tech adoption. techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
New numbers on the growing gap in AI adoption between the U.S. and Europe, from the recent paper "Mind the Gap: AI Adoption in Europe and the U.S." by Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln and coauthors. The paper also documents a large degree of heterogeneity across EU countries.
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34995
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34995
March 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
New numbers on the growing gap in AI adoption between the U.S. and Europe, from the recent paper "Mind the Gap: AI Adoption in Europe and the U.S." by Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln and coauthors. The paper also documents a large degree of heterogeneity across EU countries.
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34995
Link: www.nber.org/papers/w34995
What makes MCP appealing is the adoption of existing technologies, including JSON-RPC, to close a feature gap, mainly the need to fetch external data and call other tools.
The ability to build extensions and integrations using existing technologies is the big win in my opinion.
The ability to build extensions and integrations using existing technologies is the big win in my opinion.
May 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What makes MCP appealing is the adoption of existing technologies, including JSON-RPC, to close a feature gap, mainly the need to fetch external data and call other tools.
The ability to build extensions and integrations using existing technologies is the big win in my opinion.
The ability to build extensions and integrations using existing technologies is the big win in my opinion.
![An excerpt from the article that reads:
A 2024 Danish study of 100,000 workers found “a staggering gender gap in the adoption of [OpenAI chatbot] ChatGPT: women are 20 percentage points less likely to use ChatGPT than men in the same occupation”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:em37rzaooq7se7zrs66tetc3/bafkreifeobgi2wa2gjmcdfdwrxqt53ajitpvz4hsespcfum3lv65q7kizu)
I'm not sure why, but publications keep mistakenly claiming that the "learning gap" refers to "people and organizations not learning how to use these things," when it refers to thte models THEMSELVES being incapable of learning. The report is VERY CLEAR about this.
web.archive.org/web/20250818...
web.archive.org/web/20250818...
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm not sure why, but publications keep mistakenly claiming that the "learning gap" refers to "people and organizations not learning how to use these things," when it refers to thte models THEMSELVES being incapable of learning. The report is VERY CLEAR about this.
web.archive.org/web/20250818...
web.archive.org/web/20250818...
IMO this gap in confidence around critical thought is probably *driving* some adoption of AI technologies, on account of people who lack that self confidence feel like an AI assistant will help them compete with people who know they're smart.
"Specifically, higher confidence in GenAI is associated with less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking." -Microsoft Engineering from last April
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.microsoft.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
IMO this gap in confidence around critical thought is probably *driving* some adoption of AI technologies, on account of people who lack that self confidence feel like an AI assistant will help them compete with people who know they're smart.
I'm also highly skeptical that 54% of men are using AI for anything.
"FlexJobs polled over 5,600 working professionals" does not tell me much about how they chose their sample.
"FlexJobs polled over 5,600 working professionals" does not tell me much about how they chose their sample.
The AI Gender Gap: Exploring Variances in Workplace Adoption
FlexJobs' Work Insights Survey gained valuable data about AI adoption in the workplace. Explore insights into the AI gender gap and how it may affect workforce dynamics.
www.flexjobs.com
November 2, 2023 at 2:08 PM
I'm also highly skeptical that 54% of men are using AI for anything.
"FlexJobs polled over 5,600 working professionals" does not tell me much about how they chose their sample.
"FlexJobs polled over 5,600 working professionals" does not tell me much about how they chose their sample.
Alternate theory for "why are women and older workers reluctant to adopt chatGPT?"
Well-founded and experience-based skepticism about job 'shortcuts'.
Maybe some awareness about the ethics involved.
www.psypost.org/new-research...
Well-founded and experience-based skepticism about job 'shortcuts'.
Maybe some awareness about the ethics involved.
www.psypost.org/new-research...
New research reveals "staggering" gender gap in ChatGPT adoption
A study reveals that ChatGPT adoption reflects existing workplace inequalities, with younger, higher-paid men using AI more than women and lower-income employees.
www.psypost.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Alternate theory for "why are women and older workers reluctant to adopt chatGPT?"
Well-founded and experience-based skepticism about job 'shortcuts'.
Maybe some awareness about the ethics involved.
www.psypost.org/new-research...
Well-founded and experience-based skepticism about job 'shortcuts'.
Maybe some awareness about the ethics involved.
www.psypost.org/new-research...
OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’
OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’
As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working to close the gap on what AI can do and how people actually use it.
buff.ly
January 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’
Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/rethinking...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/rethinking...
Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces.
Popular literature on the history of technology maintains that the limited adoption of more complex technologies in pre-colonial Africa placed the continent at a disadvantage in its interactions with ...
www.africanhistoryextra.com
June 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Rethinking the “Technology Gap” in African History: Guns, Plows, and Furnaces.
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/rethinking...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/rethinking...
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Sony is doing a hard transition to digital only for new games in Jan 2028.
Nintendo is encouraging digital adoption by having a $10 price gap between the physical and digital editions of some games.
We asked console video game players how they thought this would change their purchasing behaviors:
Nintendo is encouraging digital adoption by having a $10 price gap between the physical and digital editions of some games.
We asked console video game players how they thought this would change their purchasing behaviors:
From Circana's Q2 Future of Video Games Consumer Survey: 26% of US console players indicate they buy mostly physical games (when available) with 39% buying a balanced mix between physical and digital.
Were digital games priced $10 below their physical counterparts, 59% would buy more digital.
Were digital games priced $10 below their physical counterparts, 59% would buy more digital.
August 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Sony is doing a hard transition to digital only for new games in Jan 2028.
Nintendo is encouraging digital adoption by having a $10 price gap between the physical and digital editions of some games.
We asked console video game players how they thought this would change their purchasing behaviors:
Nintendo is encouraging digital adoption by having a $10 price gap between the physical and digital editions of some games.
We asked console video game players how they thought this would change their purchasing behaviors:
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A) Daddy/Son age gap ManCEST
B) Sleazy breeding
C) Feet, Fetishes & Filth
D) Adoption, Abduction & Force
A) Daddy/Son age gap ManCEST
B) Sleazy breeding
C) Feet, Fetishes & Filth
D) Adoption, Abduction & Force
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What kinky content do you want Daddy to discuss next?
A) Daddy/Son age gap ManCEST
B) Sleazy breeding
C) Feet, Fetishes & Filth
D) Adoption, Abduction & Force
A) Daddy/Son age gap ManCEST
B) Sleazy breeding
C) Feet, Fetishes & Filth
D) Adoption, Abduction & Force
Adoption gap #2: No user-servicable parts inside
February 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Adoption gap #2: No user-servicable parts inside
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In the US, the average public electric vehicle charger is delivering about half of its maximum speed.
That gap risks becoming a hurdle to EV adoption
That gap risks becoming a hurdle to EV adoption
Why Public EV Chargers Almost Never Work as Fast as Promised
Most public machines in the US average about half their maximum speed, a gap that risks hindering further adoption of electric cars.
www.bloomberg.com
September 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
In the US, the average public electric vehicle charger is delivering about half of its maximum speed.
That gap risks becoming a hurdle to EV adoption
That gap risks becoming a hurdle to EV adoption
"Heat pumps help narrow the energy gap between high- and low-income households (that is, the energy equity gap) by making cooling more affordable and indoor environments more comfortable."
Nice new paper in Nature Energy by @destenie.bsky.social and friends.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice new paper in Nature Energy by @destenie.bsky.social and friends.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heat pumps can help alleviate residential energy insecurity in the USA - Nature Energy
In the USA, households with heat pumps tend to cool their homes earlier, and this adoption helps narrow the income-based disparities in cooling usage. Heat pumps can help to alleviate residential energy insecurity and contribute to making energy more affordable and homes more comfortable, especially in the summer.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Heat pumps help narrow the energy gap between high- and low-income households (that is, the energy equity gap) by making cooling more affordable and indoor environments more comfortable."
Nice new paper in Nature Energy by @destenie.bsky.social and friends.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nice new paper in Nature Energy by @destenie.bsky.social and friends.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...