The distributed Leviathan: AI, networked violence, and the fragmentation of responsibility
AI-mediated environments increasingly reorganize violence, perception, and responsibility through networked digital relations in which action emerges without clearly localized actors. This paper examines how networked infrastructures and artificial intelligence transform the relationship between subjectivity, operational control, and accountability in contemporary societies. Rather than understanding digitally mediated violence as an isolated consequence of technological innovation, the paper ar
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Published: 4 August 2026
Source: AI & Society
Category: Research
Topics: Transparency · Environment
Retrieved: 5 August 2026
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