Cartography of generative AI

Oct 20, 2025

It’s very easy to ignore what happens before and behind-the-scenes when you enter text into a chatbot and hit enter. A response spits up instantly. However, it takes a lot of bits, energy, and people to make that happen. A cartography of generative AI by Estampa shows the groundwork.

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