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Intelligence and Ethics: Contextualizing Artificial Intelligence Applications Across Regime Types

Author(s): İrem Efnan Öksüz, Soyalp Tamçelik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Governance, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Atatürk Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü
Keywords: Comparative Regime Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence Ethics; Intelligence; Responsible Autonomy;

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into intelligence practices withindemocratic regimes and explores the issue through ethical and governance perspectives whileconducting a comparative analysis across different regime types. The increasing use of AI indemocratic systems challenges fundamental principles such as transparency, accountability, humanrights, and the balance between freedom and security. The study focuses on the following fourconceptual frameworks: Responsible Autonomy, Value Sensitive Design, Artificial Moral Agents,and the ART (Accountability, Responsibility, Transparency) Principles. By presenting ethicalstandards established by institutions such as the OECD, UNESCO, and the EU, the study assessesthe extent to which democratic regimes comply with these principles. Furthermore, it analyzeshow AI-based surveillance and intelligence technologies are instrumentalized in authoritarian andhybrid regimes, examining to what extent ethical boundaries are violated and then comparativelyevaluating each regime type’s adherence to human rights, privacy, and accountability. Ultimately,the study proposes not only normative principles but also the reconstruction of institutionalgovernance structures to establish an ethically grounded and accountable relationship between AIand intelligence systems.

  • Issue Year: 22/2026
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 185-209
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish
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