{"product_id":"pattern-discrimination","title":"Pattern Discrimination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\"Human\" prejudices reemerge in algorithmic cultures through pattern discrimination, reinstating old forms of social segregation and further inscribing inequality into media. This book investigates how to discriminate without being discriminatory, filter information out of data without reinserting racist, sexist, and classist beliefs, and queer homophilic tendencies within digital cultures. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13 November 2018\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do “human” prejudices reemerge in algorithmic cultures allegedly devised to be blind to them? This book investigates a fundamental axiom in computer science: pattern discrimination. By imposing identity on input data, algorithms filter signals from noise, but this process can reinstate old forms of social segregation, such as class, race, and gender. Machine-learning algorithms deepen bias and further inscribe inequality into media, but pattern discrimination is essential to human-and nonhuman-cognition. This volume asks how we can discriminate without being discriminatory, filter information out of data without reinserting racist, sexist, and classist beliefs, and queer homophilic tendencies within digital cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 146g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 177 x 11 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781517906450                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clemens Apprich,Wendy Hui Kyong Chun,Florian Cramer,Hito Steyerl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44095757320442,"sku":"9781517906450","price":12.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/0e44c33b7a3aabc0c0e73cac751a3d66.jpg?v=1628392397","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/pattern-discrimination","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}