Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there’s no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence in their daily lives and workplaces.
“The Morning Show” star posted on Instagram Wednesday doubling down on earlier remarks that women need to become familiar with AI tools.
Well…I’ve decided it’s TIME,” she wrote. “The AI revolution has begun, and I need to learn as much as I possibly can about AI and share it with all of you. Also, FYI: the jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men on average. We don’t want to be left behind. So…do you want to learn with me?”
Actress Kerry Washington commented on the post, writing, “THIS” in agreement. But other commenters were not as upbeat, pointing out their concerns about the environmental impact of the technology and the impact of data centers on communities.
Some commenters speculated that her upbeat advice sounded like it must be some sort of launch for a company or service utilizing AI.
It’s not the first time she’s raised the issue as an important skill for women to master so they won’t be left behind in the workplace.
“It’s so, so important that women are involved in AI because it will be the future of filmmaking,” Witherspoon told Glamour in September. “And you can be sad and lament it all you want, but the change is here. It will never be a lack of creativity and ingenuity and actual physical manual building of things. It might diminish, but it’s always going to be the highest importance in art and in expression of self.”
She also told Glamour she uses AI Assistant as well as search tools like Perplexity and the AI shopping agent Vetted AI.
Variety has reached out to Witherspoon for further comment.
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