To illustrate the choice of the Architects of AI as TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year , we asked two separate artists to help us visualize the incredibly complex technological revolution that is currently underway. London-based illustrator and graphics animator Peter Crowther and digital painter Jason Seiler each created an image that speaks to the duality AI has produced – man vs. machine.

Inspired by the inner workings of computer chips , Crowther’s intricate AI structure looms large over the busy construction site. (See if you can spot eight key players who have helped shape the revolution, hidden among the workers.) Much like the AI industry itself, the work-in-progress structure appears in constant motion, with scaffolding that is seemingly permanent.

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