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020    9780231194907|q(hardcover) 
020    9780231194914|q(paperback) 
020    |z9780231551076 
041    eng 
082 00 303.4834|223 
092 0  303.4|bengelska 
100 1  Katz, Yarden|4aut 
245 10 Artificial whiteness :|bpolitics and ideology in 
       artificial intelligence /|cYarden Katz 
264  1 New York :|bColumbia University Press,|c2020 
300    340 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "Dramatic statements about the promise and peril of 
       artificial intelligence for humanity abound, as an 
       industry of experts claims that AI is poised to reshape 
       nearly every sphere of life. Who profits from the idea 
       that the age of AI has arrived? Why do ideas of AI's 
       transformative potential keep reappearing in social and 
       political discourse, and how are they linked to broader 
       political agendas? Yarden Katz reveals the ideology 
       embedded in the concept of artificial intelligence, 
       contending that it both serves and mimics the logic of 
       white supremacy. He demonstrates that understandings of AI,
       as a field and a technology, have shifted dramatically 
       over time based on the needs of its funders and the 
       professional class that formed around it. From its origins
       in the Cold War military-industrial complex through its 
       present-day Silicon Valley proselytizers and eager policy 
       analysts, AI has never been simply a technical project 
       enabled by larger data and better computing. Drawing on 
       intimate familiarity with the field and its practices, 
       Katz instead asks us to see how AI reinforces models of 
       knowledge that assume white male superiority and an 
       imperialist worldview. Only by seeing the connection 
       between artificial intelligence and whiteness can we 
       prioritize alternatives to the conception of AI as an all-
       encompassing technological force. Bringing together 
       theories of whiteness and race in the humanities and 
       social sciences with a deep understanding of the history 
       and practice of science and computing, Artificial 
       Whiteness is an incisive, urgent critique of the uses of 
       AI as a political tool to uphold social hierarchies"--
       |cProvided by publisher 
650  0 Male domination (Social structure) 
650  0 Imperialism and science 
650  0 Artificial intelligence|xMoral and ethical aspects 
650  0 Artificial intelligence|xPolitical aspects 
650  0 White supremacy movements|xPhilosophy 
650  0 Logic|xPolitical aspects 
650  7 Datorer och samhälle|2sao 
650  7 Könsmaktsordning|2sao 
650  7 Imperialism|2sao 
650  7 Vetenskap och politik|2sao 
650  7 Artificiell intelligens|xetik och moral|2sao 
650  7 Artificiell intelligens|xpolitiska aspekter|2sao 
650  7 Artificiell intelligens|xsociala aspekter|2sao 
650  7 Rasistiska organisationer|xteori, filosofi|2sao 
650  7 Logik|xpolitiska aspekter|2sao