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You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem (Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract)
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Product Details
Author:
José Marichal
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
146
Publisher:
Bristol University Press (October 14, 2025)
Imprint:
Bristol University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9781529244724
ISBN-10:
1529244722
Weight:
7.52oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.21"
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$38.95
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
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40
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Overview
In the age of AI, where personal data fuels corporate profits and state surveillance, what are the implications for democracy?
This incisive book explores the unspoken agreement we have with tech companies. In exchange for reducing the anxiety of an increasingly complex online world, we submit to algorithmic classification and predictability. This reduces incentives for us to become “algorithmic problems” with dire consequences for liberal democracy. He calls for a movement to demand that algorithms promote play, creativity and potentiality rather than conformity.
This is a must-read for anyone navigating the intersection of technology, politics and identity in an increasingly data-driven world.
