ALGORITHMIC CURATION AS A HERMENEUTIC FILTER AND A SOURCE OF EPISTEMIC VULNERABILITY OF THE SUBJECT IN THE POST-TRUTH DIS-COURSE

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of the article is to analyze algorithmic curation as a hermeneutic filter that determines the horizon of events and structures the information field in the post-truth era.
The theoretical issues of technological mediation are outlined, in which digital platforms cease to be neutral data transmission channels, turning into active participants in the construction of reality.
The process of delegating epistemic functions to algorithms that optimize content not according to the criteria of truth, but according to the principles of the attention economy, transforming objective information into a personalized flow of recommendations, is analyzed. Based on specific examples, the study examines how algorithmic content curation across popular social media platforms artificially confined readers within "filter bubbles," thereby reducing societal cognitive resilience against massive hostile information and psychological operations. The findings show that the epistemic vulnerability of the Ukrainian subject during this period was purposefully exploited via targeted disinformation campaigns, highlighting the urgent need to implement the concept of algorithmic accountability as an indispensable component of the national security strategy in cyberspace."
It is established that algorithmic curation forms a hermeneutic mechanism that not only organizes input data, but also constructs an interpretative framework, narrowing access to alternative meanings and increasing the vulnerability of the individual's "permanent beliefs" to manipulation. The conceptual failure of the discourse of “trust” in artificial intelligence as a moral agent is proven due to its fundamental technical “opacity” and lack of moral subjectivity.
The need for a paradigm shift is substantiated: a transition from naive trust to the concept of “algorithmic accountability”, which implies transparency of the logic of curation and the possibility of institutional audit of systems. It is shown that the protection of cognitive autonomy in the conditions of digital exploitation of meanings is possible only if the user realizes algorithmic mediation as a product of system configuration, and not as an objective truth.