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Atlas of AI
by Kate Crawford
AI as an extractive industry: minerals, labor, data, classification, power. Crawford's critical map of what intelligence costs and who pays.
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you want the critical view of AI's material basis.
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Skip it if…
you want technical or optimistic views.
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Three things you will actually use
- AI is physical and political.
- Classification is power.
- Ask who benefits.
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Read the chapter on earth.
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AI's hidden costs.
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