NEW YORK — Accompanying Time's annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the “ Architects of AI ” sitting on the beam.

“This was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back or opting out,” Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote in an explanation of the choice.

The magazine was deliberate in selecting people — the “individuals who imagined, designed, and built AI” — rather than the technology itself. But who are these individuals that digital painter Jason Seiler used to grace his rendition of the famous photograph? Here's a look:

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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