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Targeting advanced users may be a feasible start but reaches only a limited group.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗
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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Targeting advanced users may be a feasible start but reaches only a limited group.

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Attributed contributors: Caryl Feldacker. “Targeting advanced users may be a feasible start but reaches only a limited group..” Connected ≠ Ready: Getting to a Ground-Level View of AI Readiness for Women and Vulnerable Populations. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 59:42–1:00:24. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-a22aeffb5a14

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Targeting advanced users may be a feasible start but reaches only a limited group.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Align a limited intervention with the group it can actually serve.

Limit: Reaching early adopters does not establish universal inclusion.

membership boundaryadoptionunequal harms

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