How to See Like a Machine

£17.99

We once looked at pictures. Then, with the advent of computer vision and machine learning, pictures started looking at us. By the award-winning artist, filmmaker and thinker.

In stock

One copy is currently available in store.
This title can be ordered for collection in store or for home delivery.
If you require more copies than we have available in the shop we can order these for you – this usually just takes a day or two, but we will confirm the expected timeframe when an order is placed.

SKU: 9781836742166 Category: Tags: , Publisher/imprint : Verso
Page count : 192
Published on 19th May, 2026

Description

Today our world is under the watchful and tireless eye of computer vision, with cam�eras and monitors tracing our every move. Furthermore, generative AI is now able to render a synthetic world indistinguishable from reality for us to explore. Trevor Paglen goes in search of the ways and means of understanding this new visual universe. Instead of asking what these technologies “say” about the world, he teaches us to ask what they “do” and where such images come from.

Exploring the esoteric worlds of psyops, UFO imagery, magicians, and public relation gurus, Paglen shows that this appar�ently alien realm is more human, but much stranger, than we imagine.

Additional information

Weight 0.2843 kg
Dimensions 21 × 14 × 1.56 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Pages

Language

Edition
Dewey

Readership