Invisibly Invisible: Interface Governance, Semantic Power, and the Reserve of Oversight in AI Search
Abstract
This paper develops the concept of invisibly invisible governance: a mode of platform power in which acts of semantic modulation occur in ways that are variably distributed, difficult to localize, and publicly deniable. We propose forensic philology of interface governance as a new disciplinary method adequate to this diagnosis.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Law in Society and Culture
Cybernetics and Technology in Society
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 23 March 2026
- Language
- EN