Uluslararası İlişkilerde Dijital Dönüşüm: Yapay Zekânın Bilgi İktidar Boyutu ve AB’nin Normatif Çerçevesi

Abstract

Bu makale, Yapay Zekânın (YZ) Uluslararası İlişkiler (Uİ) ve Avrupa Çalışmaları alanında yarattığı dönüşümü, Foucaultcu post-yapısalcı bir çerçevede ve Avrupa Birliği’nin (AB) düzenleyici normları bağlamında incelemektedir. Temel argüman, YZ’nin bilgi rejimlerini, epistemik otoriteyi, akademik meşruiyet süreçlerini yapısal olarak yeniden düzenleyen bir iktidar teknolojisi olduğu ve bu dönüşümde AB’nin yadsınamaz bir rolü bulunduğudur. Makale, söz konusu dönüşümün birbirine bağlı üç düzeyde gerçekleştiğini öne sürmektedir. Bu bağlamda epistemolojik düzeyde dijital bir bilgi birikimi oluşmakta, metodolojik düzeyde hibrit yöntemler yaygınlaşmakta, kurumsal-normatif düzeyde ise AB’nin hukuki çerçevesi akademik araştırmayı etik kanallar aracılığıyla biçimlendirmektedir. AB YZ Yasası başta olmak üzere AB’nin düzenleyici yaklaşımı, Uİ alanında normatif ve temkinli bir bilgi üretim rejiminin yerleşmesine zemin hazırlarken bahsi geçen alanlar için de bağlayıcı bir referans çerçevesi oluşturmaktadır.

Keywords

• YZ
• Uluslararası İlişkiler
• Epistemoloji
• Foucault
• Avrupa Birliği.

Digital Transformation in International Relations: The Knowledge-Power Dimension of Artificial Intelligence and the EU’s Normative Framework

Abstract

This article examines the transformation brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of International Relations (IR) and European Studies, within a Foucauldian post-structuralist framework and in the context of the European Union’s (EU) regulatory norms. The key argument is that AI is a technology of power that structurally reorganises regimes of knowledge, epistemic authority and processes of academic legitimacy, and that the EU plays an undeniable role in this transformation. The article argues that this transformation has taken place across three interrelated levels. In this context, a digital body of knowledge is emerging at the epistemological level, hybrid methods are becoming widespread at the methodological level, and at the institutional-normative level, the EU’s legal framework is shaping academic research through ethical channels. The EU’s regulatory approach, particularly the EU AI Act, paves the way for the establishment of a normative and cautious knowledge production regime in the field of international relations, whilst also creating a binding reference framework for the aforementioned areas.

Keywords

• AI
• International Relations
• Epistemology
• Foucault
• European Union.

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