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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neyland, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Pivot 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Everyday life and the algorithm
  • 2. Experimentation with a probable human-shaped object
  • 3. Accountability and the algorithm
  • 4. The deleting machine and its discontents
  • 5. Demonstrating the algorithm
  • 6. Market value and the everyday life of the algorithm