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Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford

Atlas of AI

By Kate Crawford

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About Atlas of AI

Kate Crawford examines artificial intelligence through the resources, labor, data, and institutions required to build it. Her account expands the view beyond software, asking how material systems and concentrations of power shape the technology.

Why I include it

I include this to make the infrastructure and human work behind AI visible alongside discussions of its capabilities.

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Artificial Intelligence & Technology

Adds the labor, resources, data, and power relationships behind AI systems.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Artificial Intelligence & Technology

Praise & Reviews

“Meticulously researched and superbly written.”
— Virginia Dignum, Nature

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