Artificial intelligence as a tool for data, economic and political hegemony
Releasing the djinn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12858286 |
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| Authors | D Dakakni (Lebanese American University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1611-8014 • E-ISSN: 1863-5415 |
| Publisher | I nt er-R es ea rc h (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.3354/esep00216 |
| OpenAlex | W4405348972 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Artificial intelligence, while presenting itself as a novelty in the fields of education, science and the business industry, is likely being used as a hegemonic tool for economic and political control. Concerns about privacy ethics, class division and the specter of AI-incited biowarfare controlled by supremacist-minded entities that benefit from the datafication of individuals for economic profit and the attainment of politicized control-seeking objectives are the axial arguments of this position paper. As a result, this review makes a case that AI is being used as a tool of hegemony by presenting an analytical framework derived from the ‘less mainstream’ varied corpus of literature published between 1984 and 2024. Furthermore, while the literature also reveals attempts to monitor misuse of AI, to date there have been no solutions offered concerning privacy and surveillance, alternatives to the potential loss of jobs through automated AI or the menace of AI-operated biological warfare already being tested in war-torn parts of the world. Resolving the existing hegemonic challenges is of paramount importance and must be properly addressed in order not to be met with an existential crisis threatening the continuity of humanity
Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Digital Education and Society · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Socio-political and Technological Issues
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| Highly cited | No |
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