From Human Sovereignty to Algorithmic Sovereignty

The Political Challenge of the Digital Age

Authors

  • Laly Warnier Université Libre de Bruxelles

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.CON5

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence and Democracy, Uncontrollability, Digital Revolution, Politicization, Digital Power, Crisis

Abstract

Artificial intelligence amplifies contemporary crises by accelerating their dynamics, fragmenting democratic discourse, and weakening state control. This new technology is therefore a decisive factor in the uncontrollability of democracies, due to its speed, opacity, and the transfer of power to private actors. Through an analysis of theories of sovereignty, technological power and algorithmic governance, this essay examines how democracies can regain their capacity for action through a repoliticization of the subject, transparency, and collective deliberation.

Author Biography

Laly Warnier, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Laly Warnier is a Belgian undergraduate student in her third year of a bachelor’s degree in political science at the Free University of Brussels. She is currently completing an exchange programme at the Universitat de València in Spain. She is a member of the Comparative Politics Student Research Committee, and her academic interests include the Middle East, international relations, comparative politics, and diplomacy. She also engages in extracurricular academic activities and conferences related to international relations. She intends to pursue a master’s degree in this field with a view to a career in diplomacy.

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Published

2025-12-04

How to Cite

Warnier, Laly. 2025. “From Human Sovereignty to Algorithmic Sovereignty: The Political Challenge of the Digital Age”. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 26 (2). Online:84-85. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.CON5.

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2025)

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