Title: Analytical state: a framework for thinking about artificial intelligence and algorithms for state power

Authors: P.R. Biju; O. Gayathri

Addresses: Department of Political Science, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala, India ' Department of Political Science, Government College Madappally, Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala, India

Abstract: The retreat of the Leviathan state and its vast bureaucratic power due to inventions of technologies of connection in the private tech labs were popular since the revolution in computational technology. The use of artificial intelligence has chartered the ability of the private sector to monopolise smart technology that can even compete for state power. This paper adopts a review of the literature on the interplay between the state and AI algorithms and tries to understand the new configuration of state power. The paper draws insights from existing literature in the field of AI applications, and argues that once the AI technology attains a public nature, the state power takes over the realm and brings it under its command. State power is ever stronger with AI, and the state is becoming a vast technological organism, analogous to the neologism: analytical state.

Keywords: state power; algorithms; artificial intelligence; AI; prediction; nation-state.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2024.139503

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2024 Vol.20 No.4, pp.459 - 478

Received: 18 Aug 2022
Accepted: 28 Nov 2022
Published online: 03 Jul 2024 *

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