Note: The characters %28 and %29 in your query are URL-encoded formats for parentheses ( and ). The group is correctly cited as the Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group (ASRG).
The group promotes "militant algorithmic agency," turning theoretical discourse into direct praxis to dismantle contemporary forms of algorithmic domination. Core Activities algorithmic sabotage research group %28asrg%29
The Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group (ASRG) is a decentralized, "conspiratorial," and practice-led research initiative that operates at the intersection of digital culture, information technology, and militant activism. Rather than viewing technology through a lens of neutral optimization, the ASRG conceptualizes "algorithmic sabotage" as a necessary form of counter-power to dismantle what it calls the "algorithmic empire"—a regime of structural injustice, profit maximization, and automated domination. Core Philosophy: The Manifesto on Algorithmic Sabotage Note: The characters %28 and %29 in your
They frame algorithmic sabotage not as a simple hatred of technology, but as a proactive, militant strategy to dismantle systems of algorithmic domination and reclaim ethical agency. Core Philosophy and Goals Core Philosophy and Goals Mutual Aid: Rejecting "algorithmic
Mutual Aid: Rejecting "algorithmic humiliation" for profit and prioritizing collective care and solidarity.
Method 1: The Phantom Car (Autonomous Vehicles) When a rideshare algorithm began systematically refusing service to predominantly minority neighborhoods—not out of bias, but because surge pricing models learned those areas had “lower historical tip rates”—the ASRG struck. They deployed a fleet of low-cost, Arduino-controlled signal emitters that mimicked the telemetry of a broken-down car. To the AV’s sensors, a phantom obstruction appeared at every intersection in the redlined zone. The algorithm, trying to route around a nonexistent crash, froze in recursive confusion. Within six hours, human dispatchers overrode the system. The algorithm was retrained. The neighborhood got service again.
Most human reviewers would ignore it. But not all. And the ASRG operated on the law of large numbers. Save 0.1% of the people the algorithm was quietly murdering, and you’ve saved thousands.