{"id":266,"date":"2022-01-30T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T21:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd-fundamentals-22\/?p=266"},"modified":"2022-01-30T22:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T03:05:19","slug":"biased-by-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd-fundamentals-22\/kmroyer\/biased-by-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Biased by Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am frankly a little freaked out by Alexa and Siri. I was raised in an era where we were most concerned about big brother watching us. The idea that I can be speaking in my house about something and then log onto my web browser and be inundated by targeted ads and biased information is disconcerting. What is most insidious is how we are generally not aware of how the choices we make impact the resulting information we are fed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This piece is about reinforcing bias. As you click on the image on the screen, your pixel color information is processed in such a way that where you click on the image impacts how your color choice will change the available colors. The point is, we will live in a colorless world if we continue to create without consciously being aware of how our design choices impact the end result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beautiful seashell made more beautiful by reducing the number of color choices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A tranquil evening at the beach made even more tranquil by the removal of pesky extra colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where in the world are we headed?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back to the seashell on the beach?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Give it a try.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules were as follows. Find a picture. Click on the screen. Use only your mouse. Continue clicking anywhere on the image. Stop when you either run out of colors or decide you like the results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The underlying algorithm gets a pixel from a mouse click. This color is compared to all other colors on the same line. If the color you are looking at is withing a certain tolerance of the original color, then change it to the original color. The tolerance is dependent on where you mouse is in the x direction. The transparency of the effect or strength of the effect is determined by your mouse y position. A final effect tolerance is dependent on the mouse y position and results in how wide and deep your new color is written. Basically, if you are mousing more to the right, you will have less variation. Only saying…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am frankly a little freaked out by Alexa and Siri. I was raised in an era where we were most concerned about big brother watching us. The idea that I can be speaking in my house about something and then log onto my web browser and be inundated by targeted ads and biased information… <\/p>\n

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