The Convergence of AI Infrastructure and Applications

When we think of AI, we tend to think about the chat bot, the prompt that generates the new image, the AI assistant that helps with some of our everyday admin. But, what about everything behind the curtain? The power dynamics, economics, and politics behind AI. Nick Srnicek (Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy, King’s College London) talks about the application of AI in the media industries, but also the how AI industry has achieved a recognizable form through the prominence of key players in hardware manufacturing, cloud computing infrastructure, producers of models, and app developers.