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The hidden expenses associated with artificial intelligence—from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom
“This study contends that [artificial intelligence] is neither artificial nor particularly intelligent. . . . An intriguing history of the data that trains machine-learning systems.”—New Yorker
“A significant counterbalance to much of the AI hype and a practical guide for the future.”—John Thornhill, Financial Times
“It’s a brilliant work, and it’s been on my mind ever since I read it.”—Karen Hao, senior editor, MIT Tech Review
What unfolds when artificial intelligence permeates political realms and strains the planet’s resources? In what ways is AI influencing our self-perception and societal dynamics? Drawing on over a decade of investigation, award-winning scholar Kate Crawford uncovers how AI serves as a tool of extraction: from the minerals mined from the earth to the labor sourced from low-wage information workers to the data harvested from our every action and expression.
Crawford highlights how this global network is driving a transition towards undemocratic governance and exacerbated inequity. Instead of narrowing in on code and algorithms, Crawford presents a material and political outlook on the requirements to create AI and how it consolidates power. This is an urgent narrative of the stakes involved as technology companies leverage artificial intelligence to transform the world.
Publisher : Yale University Press
Publication date : August 16, 2022
Language : English
Print length : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0300264631
ISBN-13 : 978-0300264630
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.56 x 0.97 x 8.43 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #20,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Internet & Telecommunications #23 in Computers & Technology Industry #53 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics
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