NEOLİBERALİZMDEN DATAİZME: ALGORİTMİK DÜZENLEME VE SİYASET İLİŞKİSİNE DAİR BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

Today, when big data technology has made great progress, it is discussed whether digital technologies can be used as a mechanism for social benefit that exceeds human will. The development that forms the basis of these discussions is algorithms and artificial intelligence technologies. The fact that our entire lives are connected to the internet reveals the possibility that algorithms that know us better than ourselves can make better predictions for both individuals and the benefit of society. On the other hand, there are also hesitations that the existence of technology as a technical infrastructure will encompass the whole society as a social benefit. The purpose of this study is to discuss whether algorithms will further marginalize existing unequal social relations at the point of social benefit or will they build an ideal social order as the philosophy of dataism advocates. In the first part of the study, it is emphasized why biopolitics is not sufficient to define the neoliberal order as a power technique and the effect of this new power technique on human consciousness. In the second part of the study, it is questioned how the philosophy of dataism, which approaches the sovereignty of algorithms from a cyber-utopian perspective, will change the way of doing politics. In the conclusion and discussion part, algorithms are evaluated in the context of politics, human will and social benefit. The study is an evaluation article and is based on theoretical analysis.