Extractive Artificial Intelligence and Its Challenge to Technical Communication

Collin Bjork Massey University

Abstract

Mainstream artificial intelligence (AI) is an extractive industry that exploits both humans and nonhumans. The extractive underpinning of mainstream AI systems means that technical communicators must be careful when advocating for accessibility and inclusivity in AI because those efforts may expose marginalized groups to further exploitation. Extractive AI also necessitates that technical communicators reconsider how their own discipline may be complicit in the damaging logics and practices of extraction.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2025-10-01
DOI
10.1177/10506519251348462
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