: It asserts that the first step of technopolitics is political, not technical. It utilizes radical feminist, anti-fascist, and decolonial perspectives to challenge reductive optimizations. Mutual Aid & Solidarity
One of the most useful aspects of this text is how it shifts the narrative. Mainstream discourse often focuses on "fixing" algorithms to make them fair. Ricaurte argues that this is a trap. She posits that the algorithm is functioning exactly as intended —to maintain existing power structures and inequalities. Therefore, we cannot "fix" the algorithm; we must disrupt the system itself. manifesto on algorithmic sabotage
Education is key to combating algorithmic sabotage. We promote algorithmic literacy as a fundamental right, enabling individuals to understand, critique, and create algorithms that serve the public interest. : It asserts that the first step of
: It refuses "algorithmic humiliation" aimed at maximizing profit, instead focusing on activities of mutual aid, solidarity, and interdependence. Mainstream discourse often focuses on "fixing" algorithms to
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