Beyond Machine Vision: How to Build a Non-Trivial Perception Machine
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Approaching the problem of artificial creativity through the lens of machine vision, this article examines the impact of computer science’s model of vision on our socio-political values and institutions. It also proposes a creative experiment in “conceptual engineering,” which entails an attempt to build a non-trivial perception machine. This idea references two science papers on the relationship between humans and machines: Heinz von Foerster’s “Perception of the Future and the Future of Perception,” in which the concept of a “non-trivial machine” was first introduced, and Gerald M. Edelman and George N. Reeke Jr.’s “Is It Possible to Construct a Perception Machine?”. Critically engaging with those papers, the author ends by constructing a conceptual scaffolding for the theory and praxis of machine perception, while addressing the wider problem of epistemic and racial (in)justice in the industry focused on getting machines to “see.”
Source: Transformations
Author: Joanna Zylinska
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416927462
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