Orta Asya'nın Yapay Zeka Jeopolitiği: Rusya ve Çin Örnekleri

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 25 - 44, 31.05.2023

Övgü Kalkan Küçüksolak , Tuba Fırat

https://doi.org/10.28956/gbd.1249381

Abstract

Yirmi birinci yüzyılda Yapay Zeka (YZ) teknolojileri güç araçlarını dönüştürmekte ve güç dengesinin dinamikleri üzerindeki rekabete katkıda bulunmaktadır. Orta Asya jeopolitiği çerçevesinde, Çin'in genişleyen YZ teknolojileri yalnızca ekonomik büyüme ve ulusal güce katkıda bulunmamakta, Rusya-Çin ilişkilerinin geleceği açısından da bilinmezlik unsurları barındırmaktadır. Halihazırda iki gücün Orta Asya'daki ilişkileri bir nevi 'antant kordial' çerçevesinde sürmekteyse de YZ alanındaki gelişmeler uzun dönemde söz konusu ilişkilerde olumsuz sonuçlar yaratabilecektir. Bu çalışma YZ teknolojilerinin olası sonuçlarını güç siyaseti çerçevesinde incelemekte ve Rusya-Çin ilişkilerini Orta Asya jeopolitiği düzleminde değerlendirmektedir. Araştırma kapsamında YZ teknolojilerinin askeri, ekonomik ve siyasi alanlarda araçsal olarak kullanılması ve uzun dönemde bölgesel sistemik dinamikler üzerindeki olası sonuçları konu edilmektedir. Son tahlilde, Rusya-Çin ilişkilerinin Orta Asya jeopolitiğinde uyumlu bir görüntü arz etmesine rağmen YZ teknolojilerinin stratejik bir unsur olarak kullanımının uzun dönemde söz konusu ilişkilerde meydan okumalara ve yeni stratejik rekabet alanlarına sebebiyet verebileceği tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Yapay Zekanın Jeopolitiği, Çin, Rusya, Orta Asya, Çin-Rusya İlişkileri

The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence in Central Asia: Russian and Chinese Cases

Abstract

In the 21st century, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly transforming the instruments of power and contributing to intensifying rivalry on the dynamics of balance of power. In the context of the Central Asian geopolitics, China’s expanding AI technologies do not only serve for its economic growth and national power, but embody future areas of uncertainty in the Sino-Russian relations. Despite the current state of a kind of 'entente cordiale' over their role in the Central Asia, the future developments in the AI technologies can reinforce far-reaching repercussions in their relations. In this vein, this study analyzes the implications of AI technologies in terms of power politics and discusses the future of Sino-Russian relations in the Central Asian context. It addresses the possible utilization of AI technologies under the context of military, economic, and political areas and discusses possible consequences on the future of regional systemic dynamics. Consequently, the study argues that despite ongoing harmonious relations between the two power, the development and utilization of AI as a strategic asset in the Central Asian landscape can generate new areas of strategic competition and challenges for the future of Sino-Russian relations.

Keywords

The geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence, China, Russia, Central Asia, Sino-Russian Relations

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