Abstracts
Abstract
This article questions the reterritorialization of human subjectivities by deep learning algorithms and adaptive web platforms, by introducing the concept of ectosubjectivity. This concept, surfacing from a study of the machinic theorizations of Karl Marx and Félix Guattari, attempts to grasp the processual extraction and implantation of subjective fragments by algorithms. The transformative oscillations engendered by these processes are redistributions of human subjectivities towards serialization and mass production. Thus, this article defines ectosubjectivity and questions the transformation of these subjective fragments to fit a homogenized mold.
Keywords:
- machine,
- Marx,
- Guattari,
- power,
- extraction,
- algorithms,
- machinic assemblage,
- ontology,
- serialization,
- subjectivity
Résumé
Cet article interroge la reterritorialisation des subjectivités humaines par les algorithmes et les plateformes web adaptives en proposant le concept d’ectosubjectivité. Ce concept, qui émerge d’une étude des conceptions machiniques de Karl Marx et de Félix Guattari, tente de saisir les processus d’extraction et d’implantation de fragments subjectifs par les algorithmes. Les oscillations transformatives engendrées par ces processus sont autant de redistributions des subjectivités humaines vers la sérialisation et la production de masse. En somme, cet article définit l’ectosubjectivité et questionne la transformation de ces fragments de subjectivité en vue de les arraisonner à un moule homogène.
Mots-clés :
- machine,
- Marx,
- Guattari,
- pouvoir,
- extraction,
- algorithmes,
- agencement machinique,
- ontologie,
- sérialisation,
- subjectivité
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