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Successor Systems: the Role of Reflexive Algoritms in Enacting Ideological Critique

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This paper extends Harding (1987) and Haraway’s (1988) call for “successor sciences” - - ways of knowing that critically blend objectivity with situatedness -- to the study of algorithms (e.g. Gillespie 2014). “Successor systems” critique dominant modes of knowledge production by computationally supporting alternative modes, reflectively deploying algorithmic routines to build “a better account of the world” (Haraway, 579). This paper analyzes three activist projects as successor systems, discussing political and epistemological implications of such tactics.

Source: AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research

Author: R. Stuart Geiger

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2096859481

FWCI: 0.298

Cites: 5

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10