Join us for a conversation between authors Kate Crawford and Jer Thorp.  Kate's Atlas of AI and Jer's Living in Data  both hit the shelves in 2021. They're great reads – both engrossing and important as we consider the shape of the future. 

Kate Crawford's Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence  reveals how the global networks underpinning AI technology are damaging the environment, entrenching inequality, and fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance. She takes us on a journey through the mining sites, factories, and vast data collections needed to make AI "work" — powerfully revealing where they are failing us and what should be done.

Jer Thorp's Living in Data  brings his work as a data artist to bear on an exploration of our current and future relationship with data, transcending facts and figures to find new, more visceral ways to engage with data. Threading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums; around colossal rice piles and over active mine fields, Living in Data keeps humanity front and center.

If you're familiar with the Eyeo Festival you'll know that Kate and Jer are some of our favorite thinkers. They're also charming and fun to be around. We're very interested to see the places this conversation may go. See you there!

*A captioned version will be available after the live event. Please contact info@eyeofestival.com for details.