Atlas of AI : power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial intelligence
Crawford, Kate, 1974-2021
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What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of original research, award-winning science and technology scholar Kate 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. She persuasively argues that this network is fuelling a shift toward undemocratic governance. This book is an eye-opening story of how a few are making powerful infrastructures, at the expense of the many. A Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a planetary perspective on what it takes to make AI. The window of opportunity for change is rapidly closing and the stakes for justice, due process, and democratic participation could not be higher.
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Author:
Crawford, Kate, 1974-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]©2021
Collation:
327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300209570 (hbk)97803002095709780300209570 (hbk)
Dewey class:
006.301
Language:
English
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BRN:
476730
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Computers and Business | 006.301 CRA | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Computers and Business | 006.301 CRA | Onloan - Due: 30 Sep 2024 |