Open AccessArtificial intelligence for society and government: the future has already begun in China
Author(s) -
Dmitry Zhukov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
žurnal političeskih issledovanij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2587-6295
DOI - 10.12737/2587-6295-2020-4-2-70-79
Subject(s) - politics , consciousness , government (linguistics) , sovereignty , state (computer science) , china , sociology , control (management) , political science , political system , big data , artificial intelligence , public relations , political economy , computer science , law , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , democracy , operating system
The paper is dedicated to the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the political sphere. The purpose of this forecasting study is to identify the prospects (for a person, society and the state) that are formed as a result of the integration of AI into the political system as one of the components. Two methods are applied by the author. Firstly, this is a discourse analysis of the positions of researchers and, secondly, the construction of scenarios based on the implicit model that was found in the studied publications. In the short term, leading nation states will be forced to expand their control over AI applications, as well as data aggregators. The reason is that AI and data aggregators can be used to manipulate mass consciousness and behavior from corporations and foreign countries. The author suggested that the formation of a political AI will create a fundamental opportunity for personification of politics regarding each individual citizen. Political AI can be used to support “intelligent” systems that provide social justice along the lines of the Chinese social credit system. The author concludes that the necessary condition for the survival of political systems is their adoption of approaches to the sovereignty of the Internet and the use of political AI.