#AcademicRunPlaylist - 12/8/24

Author

Ben Waber
December 08, 2024

A selfie of me on a pine needle-covered path through a forest leading to a clearing on a cloudy day. I'm a bald, middle-aged, white man with a red beard flecked with white. I'm wearing thick black-rimmed glasses and a grey sweatshirt with a white zipper

It warmed up a bit today, but I still bundled up while going for a nice long walk and listening to a book for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

Today I listened to "Atlas of AI" by Kate Crawford. This book pulls back the curtain on AI, starting from the minerals and energy necessary for the expansion of the technology, to the workers that make these systems possible, to the methodologies and data sources that drive the sector. Through it all Crawford applies a rigorous, critical eye to the claims of boosters. Highly recommend https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300264630/atlas-of-ai/