Algorithmic Hermeneutics and the Fourth Epoch of Reading: How AI Reading Environments Restructure Interpretation

Overview

What changes when an AI system stands between a reader and a text? This paper examines the redistribution of interpretive work to computational systems. It develops a triadic account of reading and asks how critical algorithmic literacy can make the shaping of interpretation visible.

The journal submission uses the title shown above. The publicly available preprint is titled “Algorithmic Hermeneutics, Synthetic Dialogue, and the Fourth Epoch of Reading.” The citation below identifies that preprint.

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S Anas Ahmad; M. Rizwan Khan; Filza Zaki Khan. 2026. “Algorithmic Hermeneutics, Synthetic Dialogue, and the Fourth Epoch of Reading.” Preprint. https://doi.org/10.17613/3dt0k-cd392