Carissa Véliz: algorithms are often the hitmen companies send to execute their will to power
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-10-20
Oxford AI-ethics researcher Carissa Véliz's widely shared aphorism (in Spanish): "Algorithms are often the sicarios (hitmen) that companies send to execute their will to power."
A pointed one-liner from her critique of algorithmic power: algorithms are not neutral tools but vehicles through which corporate power is exercised.
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