Anatomy of an AI SystemThe Amazon Echo as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resources By Kate Crawford 1 and Vladan Joler 2 (2018) 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 addr
