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Jamila Gordon believes in the power of human connections and artificial intelligence

to help people who would otherwise be left behind.

Through her own personal talk from TED Women 2020, the software developer turned AI

advocate makes a case for how to help

refugees, migrant workers, and those from other disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity

afforded through artificial intelligence.

My father used to call me Jamila Gabada Nassib Nassibadan, which means Jamila the lucky

girl.

And I have been very fortunate in my life.

My family were originally nomads, and when he trained the night I was born, they stopped

in a tiny village where we lived in the next 11 years, until drought and a war with Ethiopia

forced us to move to Somali's capital, Mogadishu. When I was 18, my father realized Somalia was

headed for a civil war, and we are all at risk of being killed. He did his best to get me and my 13 brothers

and sisters out of the country. The family was scattered to the wind. I was lucky. I ended up on my own

as a displaced person in Kenya, and I was fortunate to come to Australia thanks to a backpacker

who I met there. I was incredibly grateful when the Australian government gave me unemployment

benefits while I learned English. But I wanted to find work as soon as I could.

I learned about a Japanese restaurant that was hiring,

and I thought, what do I have to lose?

Mommy, the woman who ran front of house,

figured my poor English might be a problem.

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