{"product_id":"vector-media-paperback","title":"Vector Media - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Impett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFabian Offert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDispelling the notion of \"generative\" AI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeural networks are designed to dissolve all media into the vector space--a universal space of commensurability. In \u003ci\u003eVector Media, \u003c\/i\u003eLeonardo Impett and Fabian Offert parse theories of automatic vision to trace contemporary artificial intelligence's technical ideology of epistemic reduction, where sensory data is turned into abstracted forms of meaning. Under this regime, bias is not just a question of what is represented but of the logic of representation itself. Drawing on Phil Agre's notion of a critical technical practice, \u003ci\u003eVector Media\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how artificial intelligence systems embed new epistemologies of media beneath the surface of their architectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the techniques underpinning large multimodal artificial intelligence models like DALL-E, Midjourney, Flux, or Stable Diffusion, Impett and Offert offer the concept of \u003ci\u003eneural exchange value\u003c\/i\u003e: the value cultural artifacts acquire not through meaning or context but through their capacity to function as vectors. In such a system, commensurability becomes a condition of existence: what matters is not what something is but that it can be embedded. Rather than focusing solely on datasets, \u003ci\u003eVector Media\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a critical study of vector spaces--and the machine cultures they produce--as a necessary complement to prevailing approaches in AI critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonardo Impett is assistant professor in digital humanities at the University of Cambridge and leader of the machine visual culture research group at Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFabian Offert is assistant professor of the history and theory of the digital humanities and director of the Center for the Humanities and Machine Learning at the University of California, Santa Barbara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohanna Drucker is Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422311035129,"sku":"9781517921675","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ulNmQQmnvQ9781517921675.webp?v=1779263718","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/vector-media-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}