Description
Artificial intelligence is often presented as immaterial, intelligent, and inevitable—but its reality is grounded in mines, factories, warehouses, data centers, and systems of human labor. Tracing the global infrastructures behind AI, this incisive work examines the extraction of minerals and resources, the exploitation and classification of workers and communities, and the expanding use of algorithmic systems in surveillance and governance. Combining anthropology, history, and investigative research, it reveals how AI can deepen inequality, damage the planet, and reinforce existing concentrations of power. Ultimately, the book challenges readers to question the rhetoric surrounding technological progress and imagine more just, accountable, and sustainable alternatives.
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paperback
Yale University Press
Published Jan 1, 2022
ISBN: 9780300264630
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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