Atlas of AI

Kate CrawfordOnline resourcebook

Research on AI’s material, labour and political conditions. Trace a system beyond its interface to extraction, human work and data infrastructures.

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  • Which costs disappear when AI is described only as software?

    coreIntroduction or preface and opening chapter. Record the edition and translator before reading.

    Research on AI’s material, labour and political conditions. Trace a system beyond its interface to extraction, human work and data infrastructures.

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