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The Atlas of AI : Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford, 1974- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Atlas of AI : Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence about?

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy and freedom What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? In this book Kate Crawford reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning science, and technology, Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the energy and minerals needed to build and sustain its infrastructure, to the exploited workers behind “automated” services, to the data AI collects from us. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a political and a material perspective on what it takes to make artificial intelligence and where it goes wrong. While technical systems present a veneer of objectivity, they are always systems of power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.

Who reads The Atlas of AI : Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Kate Crawford, 1974-
Publisher
Yale University Press
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9780300209570
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Computer Science, Engineering, Science
Rating
3.5 / 5 (4 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-24

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