Threats and Opportunities of Technocracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.23.2026.102.15

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technocracy, technocratic mentality, artificial intelligence (AI), seeking behavior

Abstrakt

This article focuses on the threats and opportunities of technocracy in the context of present-day technological development. In the first section, the concept of technocracy is defined, followed by a discussion of the history and changing characteristics of the technocratic movement, mainly in the US. The second section is devoted to analyzing the negative impact that technocracy can have on democratic systems, human values, and morality. This section discusses threats such as the deepening of social divisions, non-democratic tendencies, the self-reification of humans, and the lack of alignment between human and algorithmic values. The remainder of the article discusses the positive impact of the technocratic mindset on democratic systems. It is exemplified by methods of integrating expert knowledge into democratic processes and the ‘technocratic style’ of policymaking.

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  • Helena Jańczuk - College of Europe

    Holds a master’s degree in European Studies from the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw. In 2024, she graduated with a master’s degree in American Studies from the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 2022, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Studies from the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Both her MA thesis (“Selected Threats of Artificial Intelligence on the Example of American Society”) and BA thesis (“The Human-Robot Relationship in Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”) were awarded the Dean’s prize for best graduate thesis. She researches the social and ethical aspects of technological development, particularly artificial intelligence.

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29-05-2026

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Tom 23 Nr 2(102) (2026): Democracy – Technological Transformation – Society

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„Threats and Opportunities of Technocracy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence”. 2026. Politeja 23 (2(102): 267-79. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.23.2026.102.15.