Algorithms as Political Subjects in Disruptive Technology Scenarios

Abstract

Algorithms take over the economy and therefore drive a large part of the global political agendas, supranational organizations, and transnational companies at will. They make life easier for people—although not for all in the same way—through processes of practicality, eliminating a large part of social automatisms to the point of making decisions that are in many cases irrefutable for humans. They configure a new reality through processes of data extractivism and à la carte regulations, shaping à la carte disruptive policies for the people and entities that configure them, which in turn generate cyclopean benefits and colossal competitive advantages among competitors. The purpose of this chapter is to find out if technology has to be linked to some political and economic system to achieve justice or if it is the current socioeconomic system that endogenously and without limitations has the capacity to administer justice, forming a customized digital ecosystem.