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Digital Futures Series
Benedetta Brevini, Is AI Good for the Planet?
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BENEDETTA BREVINI
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I have been inspired, shocked and challenged by the company of many scholars, environmental activists, artists and thinkers when writing this book. I am most grateful for the intellectual generosity of the people who have read portions of this manuscript and supported me on this journey. First and foremost my wonderful friend and editor in chief, Fiona Giles, whose literary and academically rigorous comments
