CHILE

Between 2018 and 2024, Chile established over eighty roundtables to shape AI policies, involving politicians, business leaders, and experts, and positioning the country as a key player in the global development of artificial intelligence. However, these roundtables overlooked the material foundations of AI – land, water, and minerals – and the communities affected by extraction. The Pavilion addresses this gap by highlighting the spatial and material dimensions of data infrastructure in Chile, reflecting on socio-environmental conflicts, and examining the political significance of the roundtable itself as a space for deliberation – widely used in Chile to mediate environmental discussions between the state and civil society.