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Algorithms as fetish: Faith and possibility in algorithmic work

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Description:Algorithms are powerful because we invest in them the power to do things. With such promise, they can transform theordinary, say snapshots along a robotic vacuum cleaner’s route, into something much more, such as a clean home.Echoing David Graeber’s revision of fetishism, we argue that this easy slip from technical capabilities to broader claimsbetrays not the ‘‘magic’’ of algorithms but rather the dynamics of their exchange. Fetishes are not indicators of falsethinking, but social contracts in material form. They mediate emerging distributions of power often too nascent, tooslippery or too disconcerting to directly acknowledge. Drawing primarily on 2016 ethnographic research with computervision professionals, we show how faith in what algorithms can do shapes the social encounters and exchanges of theirproduction. By analyzing algorithms through the lens of fetishism, we can see the social and economic investment in somepeople’s labor over others. We also see everyday opportunities for social creativity and change. We conclude that what isproblematic about algorithms is not their fetishization but instead their stabilization into full-fledged gods and demons –the more deserving objects of critique.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Algorithms as fetish: Faith and possibility in algorithmic work. To get started finding Algorithms as fetish: Faith and possibility in algorithmic work, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Algorithms are powerful because we invest in them the power to do things. With such promise, they can transform theordinary, say snapshots along a robotic vacuum cleaner’s route, into something much more, such as a clean home.Echoing David Graeber’s revision of fetishism, we argue that this easy slip from technical capabilities to broader claimsbetrays not the ‘‘magic’’ of algorithms but rather the dynamics of their exchange. Fetishes are not indicators of falsethinking, but social contracts in material form. They mediate emerging distributions of power often too nascent, tooslippery or too disconcerting to directly acknowledge. Drawing primarily on 2016 ethnographic research with computervision professionals, we show how faith in what algorithms can do shapes the social encounters and exchanges of theirproduction. By analyzing algorithms through the lens of fetishism, we can see the social and economic investment in somepeople’s labor over others. We also see everyday opportunities for social creativity and change. We conclude that what isproblematic about algorithms is not their fetishization but instead their stabilization into full-fledged gods and demons –the more deserving objects of critique.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Algorithms as fetish: Faith and possibility in algorithmic work. To get started finding Algorithms as fetish: Faith and possibility in algorithmic work, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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