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This project aims to map where in the world the data centers that make up the computational infrastructure of AI research are located and who owns them. It will also investigate government policies aimed at shaping this geography.
Boxi Wu works in Google DeepMind’s Ethics & Society team alongside their part-time studies in the MSc in Social Science. Their research interests focus on the social and political impacts of AI, focusing on the materiality of AI infrastructure and implications for AI ethics and governance. They have previously worked as a policy researcher, lecturer and strategy consultant.
Politics of AI, AI ethics, Digital economy
This project aims to map where in the world the data centers that make up the computational infrastructure of AI research are located and who owns them. It will also investigate government policies aimed at shaping this geography.