---
_id: '28164'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:p> The article analyzes the relation of humans and technology concerning
    so called ‘intelligent’ or ‘autonomous’ algorithms that are applied in everyday
    contexts but are far removed from any form of substantial artificial intelligence.
    In particular, the use of algorithms in surveillance and in architecture is discussed.
    These examples are structured by a particular combination of continuity and difference
    between humans and technology. The article provides a detailed analysis of boundary
    practices that establish continuity and oppositions between humans and information
    technology, referring to their exemplary depiction in movies. Both strands of
    boundary practices have the potential to challenge as well as sustain the position
    of the human as liberal, autonomous subject. Finally, it is shown how the particular
    combination of continuity and difference that structures the use of algorithms
    maintains the power of liberal, autonomous subject positions, while the shift
    of decisions to the algorithms seems to decenter the human. </jats:p>
author:
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Matzner, Tobias
  id: '65695'
  last_name: Matzner
citation:
  ama: Matzner T. The Human is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic Ensembles
    and Liberal Subjectivity. <i>Theory, Culture &#38; Society</i>. 2019;36(2):123-144.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>
  apa: Matzner, T. (2019). The Human is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic
    Ensembles and Liberal Subjectivity. <i>Theory, Culture &#38; Society</i>, <i>36</i>(2),
    123–144. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Matzner_2019, title={The Human is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!.
    Human-Algorithmic Ensembles and Liberal Subjectivity}, volume={36}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Theory, Culture &#38; Society}, author={Matzner, Tobias},
    year={2019}, pages={123–144} }'
  chicago: 'Matzner, Tobias. “The Human Is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic
    Ensembles and Liberal Subjectivity.” <i>Theory, Culture &#38; Society</i> 36,
    no. 2 (2019): 123–44. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>.'
  ieee: 'T. Matzner, “The Human is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic
    Ensembles and Liberal Subjectivity,” <i>Theory, Culture &#38; Society</i>, vol.
    36, no. 2, pp. 123–144, 2019, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>.'
  mla: Matzner, Tobias. “The Human Is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic
    Ensembles and Liberal Subjectivity.” <i>Theory, Culture &#38; Society</i>, vol.
    36, no. 2, 2019, pp. 123–44, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877">https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877</a>.
  short: T. Matzner, Theory, Culture &#38; Society 36 (2019) 123–144.
date_created: 2021-11-30T16:51:04Z
date_updated: 2023-03-17T10:19:26Z
department:
- _id: '757'
doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877
intvolume: '        36'
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276418818877
oa: '1'
page: 123-144
publication: Theory, Culture & Society
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0263-2764
  - 1460-3616
publication_status: published
status: public
title: The Human is Dead, Long Live the Algorithm!. Human-Algorithmic Ensembles and
  Liberal Subjectivity
type: journal_article
user_id: '49063'
volume: 36
year: '2019'
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