Manifesto On Algorithmic Sabotage -

We reject the frame that humans must be “datafied” to be legible. We reject the demand to optimize our behavior, clean our digital traces, or perform authenticity for a scoring engine.

The engineers are not evil; they are trapped. They optimize for "engagement" (addiction) and "efficiency" (firing humans) because their stock options depend on it. They have built a system they cannot control. We will control it for them.

One spam email is a nuisance. A million identical, slightly misspelled, perfectly legal comments on a governance feedback portal is a Denial of Consensus . We will use generative AI—the enemy’s own weapons—to produce infinite noise. Let the sentiment analysis cluster become a singularity of nonsense. Flood the recommendation engine with feedback loops of cat pictures and Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason in alternating sequence. manifesto on algorithmic sabotage

So, how can you join the movement?

The dangers of algorithmic sabotage are real, but they are also necessary. For too long, algorithms have been allowed to operate with impunity, shaping our lives in ways that are often detrimental to our well-being and our democracy. It is time to take a stand against these systems, to challenge their authority, and to create new forms of algorithmic culture that prioritize human values over technical efficiency. We reject the frame that humans must be

: The manifesto calls for the communal constraint of harmful technologies to end the abstract segregation of those living "above" and "below" the algorithm. Context and Impact

: The state has a critical role to play in regulating algorithmic systems. It must ensure that these systems are transparent, accountable, and fair. One spam email is a nuisance

Do not try to fix the algorithm.

Further Reading: "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" by Shoshana Zuboff, "Weapons of Math Destruction" by Cathy O'Neil, "Automating Inequality" by Virginia Eubanks, "The Stack" by Benjamin H. Bratton

: The manifesto highlights the physical consequences of the "algorithmic empire," including carbon emissions and the extreme centralization of control. Drop #17. Manifesto On Algorithmic Sabotage