From The State Of Exception To Autonomous Decision: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms, State Sovereignty, And The Case Of The Gaza

Abstract

This study examines how the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into military decision-making mechanisms fundamentally transforms the classical understanding of state sovereignty and the "decision on the state of exception". The central argument is that the human act of "decision," rooted in political will and moral responsibility, is being replaced by mathematical "calculation" and optimization processes that scan statistical correlations within Big Data, thereby "dehumanizing" state sovereignty. This new "techno-theology" regime—manifested through systems like "Habsora," "Lavender," and "Where’s Daddy?" used by the Israeli military in Gaza—strips civilians of their legal subjecthood, reducing them to "digital sacred humans" (Homo Sacer) who are viewed merely as "risk scores" or "data points". The resulting "responsibility gap" and "automation bias," characterized by human operators approving machine-generated targets in as little as twenty seconds, turns warfare into an industrial routine where moral and legal agency is lost, driving the international legal system into a profound crisis of legitimacy.

Keywords

• State Sovereignty
• Governmentality
• Responsibility Gap
• Algocracy.
• Artificial Intelligence

İstisna Hâlinden Otonom Karara: Yapay Zekâ Algoritmaları, Devlet Egemenliği ve Gazze Örneği

Abstract

Bu çalışma, yapay zekâ ve makine öğrenmesi sistemlerinin askerî karar alma mekanizmalarına entegrasyonunun, klasik devlet egemenliğini ve "olağanüstü hâle karar verme" yetisini nasıl kökten bir yapısal dönüşüme uğrattığını analiz etmektedir. Temel argüman; siyasal iradeye, ahlaki muhakemeye ve hukuki sorumluluğa dayanan insani "karar" eyleminin yerini, büyük veri yığınları üzerinden işleyen istatistiksel "hesaplama" ve "optimizasyon" işlemlerine bırakarak egemenliği insansızlaştırdığıdır. Bu süreçte, İsrail ordusunun Gazze'de kullandığı "Habsora", "Lavender" ve "Where’s Daddy?" gibi algoritmik sistemler üzerinden somutlaşan "tekno-ilahiyat" rejimi; bireyleri hukuki özneler olmaktan çıkarıp, yalnızca birer "risk skoru" veya "veri noktası" olarak görülen, öldürülebilir ancak kurban edilemez "dijital kutsal insanlara" (Homo Sacer) dönüştürmektedir. Sahadaki operatörlerin makine çıktılarını sadece yirmi saniye gibi sembolik sürelerde onaylamasıyla ortaya çıkan "sorumluluk boşluğu" ve "otomasyon önyargısı", savaşı ahlaki ağırlığından kopararak endüstriyel bir rutin haline getirmekte ve insan onurunu merkeze alan uluslararası hukuk sistemini derin bir meşruiyet krizine sürüklemektedir.

Keywords

• Yapay Zekâ
• Devlet Egemenliği
• Yönetimsellik
• Sorumluluk Boşluğu
• Algokrasi.

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