Chart showing a serious diversity shortage in artificial intelligence. Among new AI PhDs from 2010 to 2020 who are U.S. residents, the largest percentage has been non-Hispanic white and Asian—65.2% and 18.8% on average. By comparison, around 1.5% were Black or African American (non-Hispanic) and 2.9% were Hispanic on average over the past 11 years. In the past decade, the percentage of new Black or African American and Hispanic computing PhDs dropped significantly.
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