Kate Crawford

Papers

Total Citations

580

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About

Kate Crawford is a leading scholar whose work critically examines the social, political, and ecological dimensions of artificial intelligence. Her research spans the fields of AI ethics, data justice, and the environmental costs of large-scale computation. Crawford is perhaps best known for her landmark book, *Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence* (2021), which has garnered over 580 citations and reshaped how researchers understand AI not merely as a technical system but as an extractive industry rooted in labor, resources, and geopolitics. She reveals how AI depends on vast supply chains of minerals, energy, and human annotation, challenging the field to reckon with its hidden costs. A Distinguished Research Professor at NYU and a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Crawford has also co-founded the AI Now Institute, a leading policy research center. Her work has been widely influential across computer science, law, and the humanities, making her a vital voice for accountability in the age of intelligent machines.