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algocracy: a standalone construct

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Computer ethics

governance systems in which algorithms structure and constrain the choices of humans, threatening the legitimacy of public decision-making.

In computer ethics, algocracy refers to governance systems in which algorithms structure and constrain the choices of humans, threatening the legitimacy of public decision-making. This meaning comes from Danaher (2016) in Philosophy & Technology.[1]

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References

Danaher, J. (2016). The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation. Philosophy & Technology, 29(3), 245-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-015-0211-1

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