The ASRG’s answer is twofold. First, all their sabotage techniques are reversible and non-destructive . A poisoned AI can be retrained. A confused drone can be reset. Second, they publish their entire methodology—on the theory that if the vulnerabilities are known, defenders will build more robust systems. "Security through obscurity," their manifesto reads, "is a prayer. Security through universal knowledge is an immune system."
The is an "aesthetico-political" collective focused on resisting algorithmic domination through "techno-disobedience" . Rather than simple technology avoidance, they advocate for active subversion of AI and automated systems to reclaim ethical agency. 🛠️ Key Concepts & Manifesto algorithmic sabotage research group %28asrg%29
They resist what they call the "algorithmic empire"—systems that reinforce structural injustices, algorithmic authoritarianism, and "necropolitical" power. Militant Agency: The ASRG’s answer is twofold
—the consolidation of power and structural injustice through AI and automated systems. A confused drone can be reset
ASRG views frontier AI models as mechanisms of data enclosure and surveillance capitalism. These systems strip individuals of data rights, rely on classification schemes that entrench dominant harmful stereotypes, and operate with massive ecological harms. Sabotage is theorized as a defensive, prefigurative techno-political strategy to break these power dynamics. 2. The Aesthetics of Misuse