Anatomy of an AI System

Anatomy of an AI System - The Amazon Echo as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resources. By Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler (2018)

Click to see the map in the full scale or download map in pdf format here The Amazon Echo as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resources By Kate Crawford 1 and Vladan Joler 2 (2018) I A cylinder sits in a room. It is impassive, smooth, simple and small. It stands 14.8cm high, with a single blue-green circular light that traces around its upper rim. It is silently attending. A woman walks into the room, carrying a sleeping child in her arms, and she addresses the cylinder. ‘Alexa, turn on the hall lights’ The cylinder springs into life. ‘OK.’ The room lights up. The…

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