Thread by @katecrawford

This tweet was 5 years in the making: #AtlasofAI is out TODAY!
It’s a book on the politics and planetary costs of artificial intelligence as an extractive industry— consuming natural resources, labor, and vast quantities of data. 👉 bookshop.org/books/atlas-of… @yalepress (1/6)

To get a sense of the book, here’s an extract from the EARTH chapter, and there’s another coming shortly from the AFFECT chapter in @TheAtlantic: bit.ly/3cR3UIi (2/6)

All books are collective efforts, and the longer you write, the bigger the collective. #AtlasofAI is indebted to many colleagues, collaborators, and co-adventurers. Particular thanks to @TheCreaturesLab @alondra @trevorpaglen @whkchun @wewatchwatchers @xiaochang @ananny (3/6)

I’ve been lucky to be a member of multiple research communities who have taught me so much. Big thanks to @msrsmc, FATE, @AINowInstitute, @ENS_ULM, and @USCAnnenberg (4/6)

I’m deeply grateful to the amazing scholars who read and blurbed my book: you’ve shaped my thinking, and one day I’d love to cook you all dinner. Geof Bowker @whkchun @alondra @ruha9 @wewatchwatchers Lucy Suchman @fturner @JoeProf @ananny Peter Galison @rcalo (5/6)

And best for last, to my family: Jason, Elliott, Bo, James, Jude, Claudia, and particularly my mother, Margaret.
Final thanks to *you* for all the support and I hope you enjoy #AtlasofAI. 📙🌏🙌 (6/6)