Online, the ASRG has a presence on federated social media platforms like Mastodon (under the handle ), where they regularly share links to new tools and strategies. Their website, hosted at algorithmic-sabotage.gitlab.io/asrg/ , serves as a central hub for their manifesto, diagrams, and resources. Their work has been described by supporters as "a lot of heartbeats and neurons - human stuff - into this area," a testament to the dedication of the individuals involved.
ASRG's research agenda is structured around several key focus areas, including:
The Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group stands at the intersection of art, activism, and computer science. They remind us that despite the aura of inevitability surrounding AI and big data, these systems are not infallible deities; they are brittle structures that rely on our compliance and our data to function. By embracing sabotage, the ASRG offers a roadmap for resistance in the 21st century. They invite us to become "glitches" in the system, to be unpredictable, and to recognize that in the face of an all-seeing eye, the most radical act may simply be to obscure the view. algorithmic sabotage research group asrg
Centering anti-fascist, decolonial, and radical feminist viewpoints to challenge the reductive "optimizations" of modern algorithms. Collective Care:
Using art and activism to expose the hidden harms of AI, from carbon emissions to the erasure of marginalized voices. Mutual Care: Online, the ASRG has a presence on federated
The ASRG is not a secretive cabal operating in a vacuum. It actively engages with the broader public through workshops and collaborations. The group has been a featured participant in the "Mardi Informel" at , a Paris-based social and political art laboratory. This workshop was dedicated to collectively translating the group's manifesto into French. The event also facilitated discussions on "the resurgence of luddism and the emergence of the data-luddite," a figure who uses digital tools and tactics not for creation, but for refusal and disruption. These workshops were held as part of the European research project "Figure It Out," supported by the Creative Europe program, which brought together partners from Croatia, France, Serbia, Malta, and Greece. The ASRG’s presence in such a formal, EU-funded cultural project underscores that their ideas are being taken seriously as a form of artistic and political research.
The is a decentralized, practice-led research initiative that explores the intersection of digital culture and information technology through a radical, "aesthetico-political" lens. Rather than viewing technology as a neutral tool, ASRG frames the current "algorithmic empire" as a structure of injustice and authoritarian control that must be actively subverted through "militant algorithmic agency". Core Philosophy and the Manifesto ASRG's research agenda is structured around several key
To conduct its research, the ASRG employs a range of methodologies and tools, including:
ASRG’s research focuses on the materiality and social consequences of the digital world, specifically: