{"product_id":"vector-media-leonardo-impett-9781517921675","title":"Vector Media","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonardo Impett,Fabian Offert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517921678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517921675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Meson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs","brand":"Leonardo Impett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217901695231,"sku":"9781517921675","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_215bdfe6-16fb-4719-b76e-63d540ca09f0.jpg?v=1772000190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vector-media-leonardo-impett-9781517921675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}