Carl Malamud: Internet Talk Radio, flame of the Internet. Malamud: This is Geek of the Week. We’re talking to Don Hoffman. He’s a senior staff engineer at Sun Microsystems. Welcome to Geek of the Week, Don. Don Hoffman: Thanks. Malamud: You’re in the advanced multimedia networking group at Sun, and I understand you’re in the process of building …read the full transcript.
Can an Algorithm Be Agonistic? Ten Scenes about Living in Calculated Publics
presented by Kate Crawford
This is why it matters whether algorithms can be agonist, given their roles in governance. When the logic of algorithms is understood as autocratic, we're going to feel powerless and panicked because we can't possibly intervene. If we assume that they're deliberately democratic, we'll assume an Internet of equal agents, rational debate, and emerging consensus positions, which probably doesn't sound like the Internet that many of us actually recognize. Read more →
