The Devil’s Algorithm

Lance Kennedy

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An exploration of the territory where computation meets the limits of the human soul.

The Devil’s Algorithm examines what happens when the machinery of optimization — algorithmic, political, spiritual — encounters problems that resist solution. In mathematics, the “Devil’s algorithm” is the optimal sequence of moves that solves any configuration of a puzzle. This work asks: what if some configurations — of societies, of souls, of systems — have no optimal solution? What if the attempt to find one is itself the source of the damage?

The book moves between the worlds of artificial intelligence, political theory, and theology, arguing that the modern drive to optimize everything is not a neutral technical project but a metaphysical one — with consequences that its architects have not begun to understand. It is a work about the irreducible, the incalculable, and the things that refuse to be automated away.

Details

Author	Lance Kennedy
Status	In active revision
Formats	Forthcoming
ISBN	To be assigned

Book cover forthcoming