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SUMMARY:Algorithmic Elaboration and Agency - Caroline Wall
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DESCRIPTION:Some forms of human-algorithm interaction result in the suppre
 ssion of human agency. Slot machine players in Vegas\, for example\, descr
 ibe their experiences in terms of feeling “paralyzed” or “hypnotized
 ” by the machines’ loops\, to the point of not being able to get up to
  use the bathroom. Nevertheless\, by distinguishing two structures of huma
 n-algorithm interaction\, I aim to show how algorithms can either suppress
  or augment our agency.\n\nI define an algorithm as any fully automated pr
 ocedure for transforming an input into an output—meaning\, a process inv
 olving just the abilities to read and write symbols and move between funct
 ional states. An algorithmic decision system (ADS) is a system of algorith
 ms executable with just these abilities. When a human is incorporated into
  an ADS\, she uses just this subset of her abilities\; in doing so\, she a
 cts “automatically” or “mechanically\,” and her role in the ADS is
  substitutable.\n\nWhat I term a human-algorithmic decision systems (HADS)
 \, in contrast\, is a process that can be algorithmically decomposed into 
 a set of subprocesses that includes at least one *discursive* practice-or-
 ability. As Brandom (2008) demonstrates\, this necessitates the involvemen
 t of discursive *creatures*. I conclude by discussing aviation checklists 
 as an example of HADS.
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URL:https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/YBFJJF/
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