Infrastructure field guide
AI is not weightless. Where does the build-out land?
Three views of the physical AI economy: maps, communities, grids, and the people who absorb the costs.
The path
3 conversationsThe Missing Half of AI: Geospatial Intelligence, w/ John Lenahan
What if the most important part of AI is the part nobody talks about, not the chatbot, but the map underneath the world? In this episode of AI-Curious, we talk with John Lenahan, Head of Esri’s Global Commercial Services team, about geospatial AI, GIS, and why “where” may be the missing context in so much of today’s AI conversation.
The Real-World Impact of AI, w/ Sharon Goldman
What happens when AI stops being just a software story and starts showing up in towns, power grids, zoning fights, data centers, and business workflows? In this episode of AI-Curious, we talk with Sharon Goldman, longtime AI journalist (most recently senior reporter at Fortune) who’s now the founder of Ground Level AI, which focuses on the real-world impact of the AI boom: infrastructure, data centers, cybersecurity, enterprise adoption, policy, geopolitics, and the communities affected by it all.
Are You Subsidizing AI Data Centers?, w/ Ari Peskoe
Are ordinary people helping pay for Big Tech’s AI build-out? In this episode of AI-Curious, we talk with Ari Peskoe, director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School, about the growing fight over AI data centers, electricity demand, and who should pay for the infrastructure behind the AI boom.