Genealogy of Algorithms: Datafication as Transvaluation

This article investigates religious ideals persistent in the datafication of information society. Its nodal point is Thomas Bayes, after whom Laplace names the primal probability algorithm. It reconsiders their mathematical innovations with Laplace's providential deism and Bayes' singular...

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Published in:	Genealogy+critique Vol. 6; no. 1
Main Author:	Brower, Virgil W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Open Library of Humanities 19.10.2020
Subjects:	government justice machine learning microtargeting political theology probability
ISSN:	2515-2076, 2515-2076, 2755-0923
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