PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Freund, Peter
TI  - The Wager of the Algorithm: Towards a Performatic Gesture
DP  - 2025 Jul 15
TA  - ArteActa
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
IS  - 25711695
AB  - The fantasy of the algorithm and, by extension, artificial intelligence imagines that each performs by executing an operational task. Yet, based on its inherent computational structure, the digital performance fails to live up to its instrumental promise. This failure foregrounds an occasion for artistic intervention. "The Wager of the Algorithm: Towards a Performatic Gesture" presents a theoretical statement (illustrated via artwork by the author) in which the overall exposition underscores a dialectic within instrumental reason itself. The "prompt" names are a shorthand for the fulcrum of this problematic.