# Recommended book: Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford

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**Created:** [April 10, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recommended-book-atlas-of-ai-by-kate-crawford/112774 "2024-04-10T14:09:22Z")
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[Kate Crawford, Atlas of AI](https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-AI-Planetary-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/B09NF5WHPK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IWFZRLEHHOAY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.M5fP_B_0byBInBkCeVGcjLgABJOhMvIw1dXVMJmSe7ux7KxAw_NS5QGept-GYwoJJxr3ovLiYrLKzg-qyxlTJfqW_nJ3SG99vgYueNEUz1I.21FnoVkTertBdnUBW0OlQ-0mcIHYXJf3ukyTMDcE9Xs&dib_tag=se&keywords=kate+crawford+atlas+of+ai&qid=1712757938&sprefix=kate+cra%2Caps%2C539&sr=8-1)

One quote that I found particularly pithy:  
_"In contrast, in this book I argue that AI is neither artificial nor intelligent.  
Rather, artificial intelligence is both_  
_embodied and material, made from natural resources, fuel,_  
_human labor, infrastructures, logistics, histories, and classifi-_  
_cations. AI systems are not autonomous, rational, or able to_  
_discern anything without extensive, computationally intensive_  
_training with large datasets or predefined rules and rewards. In_  
_fact, artificial intelligence as we know it depends entirely on a_  
_much wider set of political and social structures. And due to_  
_the capital required to build AI at scale and the ways of seeing_  
_that it optimizes AI systems are ultimately designed to serve_  
_existing dominant interests. In this sense, artificial intelligence_  
_is a registry of power."_