Algorithmic Capital Resistance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Thesis 1
We Need a Critical Theory of Algorithms
Thesis 2
A Theory of Algorithms Needs a Theory of Capitalism
Thesis 3
Algorithms Accelerate Time and Keep us Glued to our Screens
Thesis 4
Algorithms are Machines for Extraction, Prediction and Manipulation
Thesis 5
AI Isn’t Abolishing Work, But Reorganizing and Exploiting it
Thesis 6
Algorithmic Technologies Are Colonizing the Domestic Sphere, Housework, Care and Emotional Labor
Thesis 7
Big Data and Machine Learning are the Main drivers of Algorithmic Capital
Thesis 8
Neoliberalism Is Giving Way to a New Stage of Capitalism
Thesis 9
A New Form of Power Is Emerging: Algorithmic Governmentality
Thesis 10
The Algorithmic Logic Extends to the State, the Public Administration and the Police
Thesis 11
Algorithmic Capital Disrupts and Erodes Democratic Life
Thesis 12
Algorithmic Capital Is Helping to Reshape the International Order
Thesis 13
The Siliconization of the World Is Continuing Apace
Thesis 14
The Global Pandemic Brought a Great Leap Forward for Algorithmic Capitalism
Thesis 15
Algorithms Won’t Save Us from Climate Crisis
Thesis 16
Algorithms Are Changing Socialization Processes and Intimate Relationships, And Shaping New Subjectivities
Thesis 17
Algorithms Are Generating New Forms of Alienation
Thesis 18
We Should Resist Algorithmic Capital — And Support the Struggles That Are Developing
Thesis 19
We Must Find the Virtues in Technologies and Criticize Their Vices
Thesis 20
We Need Technosober Democratic Planning — Reining in Algorithms and Tightening the Limits of the Digital World

Conclusion
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