Kate Crawford has spent years uncovering the real infrastructure of artificial intelligence. She is not interested in the glossy fantasy of machine minds. She studies the physical world behind them. Her research moves through mines, deserts, server halls, supply chains, and borders. She investigates the industries that dig, smelt, ship, refine, and assemble the materials that make computation possible. Born in Australia and now based in the United States, she has worked inside major research labs, universities, and museums, and her writing and art have reshaped how people understand the cost of modern technology.