Gå direkt till innehållet
Till startsidan
Böcker, spel, garn, pyssel m.m.
What Algorithms Want
Spara

What Algorithms Want

pocket, Engelska, 2018
Författare:
59,30 €
BeställningsvaraKan levereras inom 7-13 dagar

The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek.

We depend on-we believe in-algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations-the marriage vow, the shaman's curse-do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm-in practical terms, "a method for solving a problem"-has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking.

Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopedie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things.

If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of "algorithmic reading" and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities.

Mer på Adlibris

Om Adlibris

Vi är Nordens största nätbokhandel och vi vill inspirera människor till sin nästa läsupplevelse. Vi vill visa dig vägen till böcker som hänför, berör och upprör eller för en stund tar dig med till en helt annan värld. Hos oss ryms över 13 miljoner titlar samt det senaste inom spel, pyssel, garn och allt annat som hör en modern bokhandel till.

  • Alltid bra priser

  • Fri frakt över 39,90 €

  • Smidiga leveranser

Nyhetsbrev

Ta del av våra bästa lästips, erbjudanden och kampanjer. Anmäl dig nu och få 10 % rabatt på ditt första köp. Erbjudandet gäller endast nya prenumeranter, privatkunder, ej kurslitteratur, digitala böcker eller presentkort.