The Birth of Computer VisionAuthor(s): James E. Dobson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517914219, 978-1517914219\nSynopsis\nA revealing genealogy of image-recognition techniques and technologies\n\nTodays most advanced neural networks and sophisticated image-analysis methods come from 1950s and 60s Cold War culture-and many biases and ways of understanding the world from that era persist along with them. Aerial surveillance and reconnaissance shaped all of the technologies that we now refer to as computer vision, including facial recognition. The Birth of Computer Vision uncovers these histories and finds connections between the algorithms, people, and politics at the core of automating perception today.\n\nJames E. Dobson reveals how new forms of computerized surveillance systems, high-tech policing, and automated decision-making systems have become entangled, functioning together as a .