Manifesto On Algorithmic Sabotage ((free))

The document frames "algorithmic sabotage" not as mindless destruction, but as a deliberate political and artistic act aimed at reclaiming agency from automated systems.

We reject the argument that "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." Privacy is not about secrecy; it is about autonomy. When every action is tracked, freedom is curtailed. Sabotage is not a crime; it is a defense mechanism. Just as a cuttlefish changes its skin to confuse predators, so must we change our digital signatures to confuse the collectors. manifesto on algorithmic sabotage

This is not a dystopia. This is the smoothscape —the frictionless, optimized, totalizing environment where every choice is pre-digested, every path is the path of least resistance, and every human will is treated as a stochastic variable to be predicted, nudged, and ultimately, overwritten. The document frames "algorithmic sabotage" not as mindless

The manifesto incorporates radical feminist, anti-fascist, and decolonial perspectives, emphasizing collective care and mutual aid as direct challenges to the extractive and exclusionary nature of modern AI. Sabotage is not a crime; it is a defense mechanism