Algorithmic Divination: From Prediction to Preemption of the Future.

Predictive algorithms today share more than just semantics with the divinatory practices of the past. This article will map the parallels, contending that the similarities between the two practices are true "propositions" that radically question the way we apprehend the world, the way we draw our kn...

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Publicado en:Information & Culture Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 145 - 166
Autor principal: Lazaro, Christophe
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Publicado: University of Texas Press 2023
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