Digital Dialogues | Seeing like a machine: The hidden costs of Artificial Intelligence
Art Basel in Basel 2025, June 21
Kate Crawford, author, artist, and Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Alistair Hudson, CEO, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Artificial intelligence is everywhere – from the way we search online to how cities, bodies, and even ecosystems are being monitored and shaped. But what do these systems really see, and what do they miss? In this conversation, AI scholar and artist Kate Crawford offers a perspective on machine learning, revealing the vast networks of data, labor, and environmental resources that power these technologies. From lithium mines to image datasets, her work uncovers how AI is deeply connected to the climate crisis and global inequalities. Through the lens of her artistic and critical research, Crawford shows how art can make these invisible systems visible – and open new ways to imagine more just and sustainable futures. Moderated by Alistair Hudson, the CEO of Karlsruhe’s ZKM Center for Art and Media, this session invites audiences to rethink what intelligence really means in a time of planetary urgency.
Kate Crawford, author, artist, and Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Alistair Hudson, CEO, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
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