ABSTRACT
This commentary argues that as we engage with the politics of algorithmic systems, we need not only to attend to the ways in which they generate new modes of control, organization, and knowledge production, but also how these new algorithmic regimes are constituted by messes, failures, and uncertainties. This is exactly why critical engagements such as those featured in this section are so crucial. They open small, important windows into the modes of valuation, labour, and aesthetics involved in upholding algorithmic regimes, which also allows us to truly appreciate their temporally sensitive and fundamentally unstable form.
