In AI-mediated environments, visibility is not a neutral or given condition, but isstructurally determined through processes of selection. This paper defines Algorith-mic Selection as the mechanism that governs the conditions under which information,objects, and actions become visible.At its core, this study advances the proposition that non-selected entities do notexist within the operative environment. Visibility is therefore not a passive attributeof elements, but a condition of their effective existence.By distinguishing selection from recommendation and ranking, the paper establishesAlgorithmic Selection as a prior structural condition that precedes evaluation andinteraction. Its fundamental properties—asymmetry, opacity, dynamic variability, andrecursivity—demonstrate that visibility is continuously produced under shifting andpartially inaccessible conditions.The analysis further clarifies the recursive relationship between selection and scor-ing structures, as well as the boundary conditions that limit the completeness andstability of visible environments. From this foundation, the paper outlines a structuralprogression from visibility to trust and from trust to capital, thereby establishing aconnection between selection mechanisms and broader economic formations.These findings position Algorithmic Selection as a fundamental structural com-ponent of AI-mediated environments, defining the conditions under which existencebecomes visible and operational.
Kawazoe Tsutomu (Wed,) studied this question.