The Everyday Life of an Algorithm

This open access book begins with an algorithm–a set of IF…THEN rules used in the development of a new, ethical, video surveillance architecture for transport hubs. Readers are invited to follow the algorithm over three years, charting its everyday life. Questions of ethics, transparency, accountabi...

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Main Author: Neyland, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:1
Series:Palgrave pivot
Subjects:
Algorithms
Algorithms and data structures
Computer programming / software engineering
Computer science
Computer Technology
Computers and civilization
Computing and Information Technology
Cultural and media studies
Cultural studies
Culture
Data structures (Computer science)
Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
Information technology: general topics
Mathematical logic
Mathematical theory of computation
Nonfiction
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social sciences
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology
Sociology and anthropology
Technology
Technology—Sociological aspects
ISBN:9783030005788, 303000578X, 9783030005771, 3030005771
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Everyday Life and the Algorithm -- Abstract -- Opening -- Algorithmic Discontent -- Everyday -- The Structure of the Argument -- References -- Chapter 2 Experimentation with a Probable Human-Shaped Object -- Abstract -- Opening -- What Is Experimentation? -- The Algorithmic Project -- Establishing the Grounds for Experimentation and the Missing Algorithms -- Elegance and the Human-Shaped Object -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Accountability and the Algorithm -- Abstract -- Opening -- Accountability -- Account-ability Through the User Interface and Route Reconstruction -- Account-ability and Accountability Through the Ethics Board -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The Deleting Machine and Its Discontents -- Abstract -- Opening -- Deletion and the Algorithm -- Deletion and the Challenges of Nothing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Demonstrating the Algorithm -- Abstract -- Opening -- Future Orientations of Technology -- Integrity and the Algorithm -- Demonstrating Algorithms -- Demonstrating Ethics -- End-User Demonstrations -- Demonstration for Project Funders -- Integrity, Everyday Life and the Algorithm -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Market Value and the Everyday Life of the Algorithm -- Abstract -- Opening -- Performativity -- Building a Market Value for the Algorithms -- The Everyday Life of the Algorithm -- References -- References -- Index