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How Much Should You Care About Algorithmic Transparency as Manipulation?
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Mobility and Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2017-7914
2022 (English)In: Philosophy & Technology, ISSN 2210-5433, E-ISSN 2210-5441, Vol. 35, no 4, article id 92Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Wang (Philosophy & Technology 35, 2022) introduces a Foucauldian power account of algorithmic transparency. This short commentary explores when this power account is appropriate. It is first observed that the power account is a constructionist one, and that such accounts often come with both factual and evaluative claims. In an instance of Hume’s law, the evaluative claims do not follow from the factual claims, leaving open the question of how much constructionist commitment (Hacking, 1999) one should have. The concept of acts in equilibrium (Nozick, 1981) is then used to explain how different individuals reading Wang can end up with different evaluative attitudes towards algorithmic transparency, despite factual agreement. The commentary concludes by situating constructionist commitment inside a larger question of how much to think of our actions, identifying conflicting arguments. © 2022, The Author(s).

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Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022. Vol. 35, no 4, article id 92
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Acts in equilibrium, Algorithmic transparency, Constructionism, Hume’s law
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-61196DOI: 10.1007/s13347-022-00586-4Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85139987612OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-61196DiVA, id: diva2:1716233
Available from: 2022-12-05 Created: 2022-12-05 Last updated: 2024-03-15Bibliographically approved

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