Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
9th International Conference on Terrorism and Security, İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 Aralık 2025, ss.1-3, (Özet Bildiri)
This study argues that the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) must be examined more deeply within the field of Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS), particularly in its discursive, political, and ethical dimensions. Building on Alice Martini’s (2025) research agenda, “AI, terrorism and counter-terrorism”, within the CTS literature, the study maintains that defining AI merely as a technical tool is insufficient; AI is also a technology constructed within specific power relations, security hierarchies, and ideological representations.
The framing of AI as both a threat and a solution in the security domain contributes to the reproduction of state-centric and militarized security paradigms. This study investigates how the discursive construction of AI (“AI-enabled terrorism” or “AI-based counter-terrorism”) generates particular forms of political legitimacy and renders certain social groups invisible. In this context, the central question of the study is: What political consequences and epistemological boundaries emerge from the construction of AI within contemporary security discourses?
Drawing on Science and Technology Studies (STS), critical approaches, and postcolonial critiques of security, the study discusses the potential of AI-based security practices to deepen existing inequalities. It further proposes rethinking processes such as algorithmic governance, data colonialism, and the digital re-bordering of security through a CTS lens. In doing so, the aim is to open a new line of inquiry that examines the political implications of AI not only as a security issue but also as a socially constructed phenomenon.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, counter-terrorism, discursive construction, critical security studies, CTS, STS