# Machine Vision **Domain:** Perception / Imaging / Artificial Intelligence **Doc Type:** Canonical Technology Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Machine vision** uses sensors and computation to extract task-relevant information from images or other spatial measurements. ## Evolutionary Nexus Muybridge's motion studies in [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] are an early local example of apparatus-mediated perception: cameras made a locomotion phase observable by decomposing motion into frames. ## Governance Context Vision systems do not simply see. Framing, labels, sampling and objectives determine what becomes visible and which bodies become errors. When linked to rights or enforcement, perception requires audit and appeal. ## See Also [[wiki/Eadweard Muybridge|Eadweard Muybridge]], [[wiki/Scientific Instrument|Scientific Instrument]], [[wiki/Perceptual Sovereignty|Perceptual Sovereignty]], [[wiki/Human Factors|Human Factors]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "AI that we will confront is not going to be a mind in an individual machine." > **— Tim O'Reilly**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Artificial Intelligence Will Not Live in One Machine by Tim O'Reilly|Artificial Intelligence Will Not Live in One Machine by Tim O'Reilly]] > "Machines can beat humans at chess—but they have yet to design the type of mind game that will intrigue humans for centuries." > **— Irene Pepperberg**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Machines Can Win Without Inventing the Game by Irene Pepperberg|Machines Can Win Without Inventing the Game by Irene Pepperberg]] > "Machines instructed to "educate this recently displaced worker (or young person) the best way possible" will create jobs and possibly inspire the next generation." > **— Joshua Bongard**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Machines Could Educate Displaced Workers by Joshua Bongard|Machines Could Educate Displaced Workers by Joshua Bongard]] > "Machines will think when they communicate." > **— Sheizaf Rafaeli**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Machines Will Think When They Communicate by Sheizaf Rafaeli|Machines Will Think When They Communicate by Sheizaf Rafaeli]] > "It is time for our thinking machines to grow out of an adolescence that has lasted now for sixty years." > **— Thomas A. Bass**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Thinking Machines Must Grow Beyond Adolescence by Thomas A. Bass|Thinking Machines Must Grow Beyond Adolescence by Thomas A. Bass]]