Gatekeepers, Luddites, Haters and AI-Generated Maps
Gatekeepers, Luddites, Haters and AI-Generated Maps Published on 23 July 202623 July 2026 by Jonathan Crowe I’m opposed to generative AI and all its works. According to some leading names in the cartographic community, that makes me a gatekeeper, a Luddite, and an irrational AI hater. The ICA’s Commission on Map Design has been posting examples of maps produced using generative AI tools, and there’s a website highlighting the ways you can use ChatGPT to generate maps using natural language prompts.
- ▪Gatekeepers, Luddites, Haters and AI-Generated Maps Published on 23 July 202623 July 2026 by Jonathan Crowe I’m opposed to generative AI and all its works.
- ▪According to some leading names in the cartographic community, that makes me a gatekeeper, a Luddite, and an irrational AI hater.
- ▪The ICA’s Commission on Map Design has been posting examples of maps produced using generative AI tools, and there’s a website highlighting the ways you can use ChatGPT to generate maps using natural language prompts.
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Gatekeepers, Luddites, Haters and AI-Generated Maps Published on 23 July 202623 July 2026 by Jonathan Crowe I’m opposed to generative AI and all its works. According to some leading names in the cartographic community, that makes me a gatekeeper, a Luddite, and an irrational AI hater. So, generative AI has come to cartography. The ICA’s Commission on Map Design has been posting examples of maps produced using generative AI tools, and there’s a website highlighting the ways you can use ChatGPT to generate maps using natural language prompts. The proponents of this stuff have been making some fairly inflammatory statements in its defence, such that I can only imagine they’ve been getting some grief about using it and are pushing back against it.
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