The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing - Softcover

Beer, David

 
9781529212907: The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1529212901 ISBN 13: 9781529212907
Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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University of York

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Publisher
Bristol University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1529212901
ISBN 13 
9781529212907
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152

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