Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age

by Anthony Elliott

Book Overview

Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind. The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals, communities and organizations can at last take control of the future - anticipating, designing and commanding the future, possibly even with mathematical exactitude. Yet, paradoxically, algorithms have unleashed widespread fears and forebodings about the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509555439
• ISBN13: 9781509555437
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 241 Pages