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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Summary: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, accountability and market value must be grasped by the algorithm in a series of ever more demanding forms of experimentation. Here the algorithm must prove its ability to get a grip on everyday life if it is to become an ordinary feature of the settings where it is being put to work. Through investigating the everyday life of the algorithm, the book opens a conversation with existing social science research that tends to focus on the power and opacity of algorithms. In this book we have unique access to the algorithm’s design, development and testing, but can also bear witness to its fragility and dependency on others.
Bibliography:Electronic reproduction. Dordrecht: Palgrave Pivot, 2018. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
ISBN:9783030005788
303000578X
9783030005771
3030005771
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-00578-8