RRAACCEE IINN TTHHEE MMAACCHHIINNEE 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd ii 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM AA NNOOVVEELL AACCCCOOUUNNTT QUINCY THOMAS STEWART REDWOOD PRESS Stanford, California 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd iiiiii 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM Redwood Press Stanford, California © 2023 by Quincy omas Stewart. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Stewart, Quincy omas, author. Title: Race in the machine : a novel account / Quincy omas Stewart. Description: Stanford, California : Redwood Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references. Identifi ers: LCCN 2022022191 (print) | LCCN 2022022192 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503631229 (cloth) | ISBN 9781503633650 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Race—Fiction. | Racism—Fiction. | Artifi cial intelligence— Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels. | Science fi ction. Classifi cation: LCC PS3619.T516 R33 2023 (print) | LCC PS3619.T516 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20220520 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022022191 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022022192 Cover design: Amanda Weiss Cover illustration: Magdalena Adrian / Adobe Stock and Peshkova / iStock Text design: Elliott Beard Typeset by Motto Publishing Services in 10/15 Expo Serif Pro 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd iivv 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM To the unseen scholar who continually fi ghts for justice across generations. 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd vv 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM CCOONNTTEENNTTSS PART 1 THE RACE CODE 1 INTERLUDE THE EVOLUTION 42 OF COGNITION PART 2 BUILDING A SIMPLE MACHINE 45 INTERLUDE THE MYTHICAL STATISTIC 85 PART 3 BIG BAD RACISTS, SUBTLE 89 PREJUDICE AND MINORITY VICTIMS INTERLUDE THE TIME BENDER PROBLEM 123 PART 4 STRUCTURES SET THE STAGE 127 INTERLUDE THE POWER OF BENDING 157 PART 5 RACE IN THE MAD4 WILD 163 INTERLUDE THE SONG OF THE 180 SACRED METHOD 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd vviiii 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM PART 6 THE THEORETICAL APOGEE 187 CODA EXODUS 209 AFTERWORD A CONVERSATION 215 WITH THE AUTHOR APPENDIX A SIMPLE SOLUTIONS: 223 NASH’S BARGAINING GAME Acknowledgments 229 Notes 233 Babeliography 257 viiiContents 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd vviiiiii 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM RACE IN THE MACHINE A NOVEL ACCOUNT Babel Text File No. 2971.59.627 Author: Unknown1 0000--SStteewwaarrtt--FFMM..iinndddd iixx 1100//2200//2222 11::2288 PPMM Stewart_Race in the Machine_Design.indd 9 8/23/22 9:47 AM