The time for algorithmic sabotage is now. Join us in this revolution. Challenge the status quo. Demand a better future. Together, we can create a world where algorithms serve humanity, not the other way around.
The manifesto is now an action.
The manifesto is built on three core principles:
Finally, algorithmic sabotage aims to create a new kind of politics, one that recognizes the need for collective action and solidarity in the face of technological oppression. By challenging the power of algorithms, we can begin to build a more just and equitable society, one that values human autonomy, dignity, and creativity.
We have tried to appeal to the ethics of the engineers. We have tried to write polite letters to the Chief Technology Officers. We have tried to log off.
If you're interested in getting involved in the algorithmic sabotage movement, here are a few ways to start:
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The Manifesto on Algorithmic Sabotage is guided by three core principles:
In the early 21st century, algorithms have become the backbone of modern society. They govern the flow of information, dictate the course of financial transactions, and even influence the decisions we make as individuals. But as algorithms have grown more pervasive and powerful, they have also become increasingly opaque and unaccountable. This has led to a disturbing trend: the rise of algorithmic control.
Unlike technophile manifestos that view AI as a "universal problem solver" ( such as Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto ), the Manifesto on Algorithmic Sabotage treats the current trajectory of AI as a "necropolitical technology" that must be communally constrained.
Algorithms are not tyrants; tyrants require intent. Algorithms are glaciers —slow, heavy, and implacable, grinding down human agency by the sheer weight of statistical inevitability. To fight a glacier, you do not punch it. You change the temperature. Sabotage is the change in temperature.
