This article documents "an unexpected realization: our 'public' now includes the machine itself. Algorithms track, predict, and respond to us, sometimes more quickly than our institutions do. As these systems become everyday interlocutors, they also become our newest public, as invisible institutions of governance." I think of it as akin to writing for posterity. Perhaps it's overly presumptuous, or perhaps it's an artifact of an education in philosophy, but I've always felt I'm writing for an unseen audience, not just today's readers. It's no surprise that this audience now includes machines.
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