The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking

Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1290-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

We are living in algorithmic times.

From machine learning and artificial intelligence to blockchain or simpler newsfeed filtering, automated systems can transform the social world in ways that are just starting to be imagined.

Redefining these emergent technologies as the new systems of knowing, pioneering scholar David Beer examines the acute tensions they create and how they are changing what is known and what is knowable. Drawing on cases ranging from the art market and the smart home, through to financial tech, AI patents and neural networks, he develops key concepts for understanding the framing, envisioning and implementation of algorithms.

This book will be of interest to anyone who is concerned with the rise of algorithmic thinking and the way it permeates society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beer, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Tense Thinking and the Myths of an Algorithmic New Life

2. The Pursuit of Posthuman Security

3. Overstepping and the Navigation of the Perceived Limits of Algorithmic Thinking

4. (Dreaming of) Super Cognizers and the Stretching of the Known

5. The Presences of Nonknowledge

6. Conclusion: Algorithmic Thinking and the Will to Automate

Über Autor(innen)

Beer, David
University of York

David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.