The Art Behind Supply Chains Is Front and Center at a Museum Exhibit

"It gives you a greater appreciation for everything that we use, how difficult it is to actually use that item fully and appreciate it," said Sam Lai, a physician from Orange County, Calif., after examining the 13-foot-by-13-⅓-foot "Anatomy of an AI System" on a recent visit to MoMA with his wife. Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. "We have three kids," Dr. Lai said. "It would be cool to be able to show them a picture like this when they're older and try to impress upon them exactly how significant our impact on the world is and how appreciative we should be of the things that we have." MoMA curators thought the piece by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler would grab visitors, so they built a larger exhibit called Systems around the work, essentially treating the deep operations behind supply chains as art.