You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem, livre ebook

Illuminates how AI and algorithms impact democracy and political identities;

Offers a critical perspective on the commodification of personal data;

Provides practical suggestions to resist algorithmic control and reclaim agency.

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.

Introduction: You Must Remain an Algorithmic Problem

Chapter 1: How Much of a Problem Are We?

Chapter 2: The Politics of Optimization

Chapter 3: The Problem for Democracy

Chapter 4: The Algorithmic Contract and its Discontents

Chapter 5: The Classification Economy

Chapter 6: Optimizing Identity

Chapter 7: Algorithmic Obligation