The Artificial State: From Prediction to Autocracy

The article defines the Artificial State as an infrastructural regime in which computational systems cease to be mere administrative tools and begin to dictate the conditions under which individuals function. The author analyzes the transition from the traditional administrative record to a dynamic predictive profile, which allows for the classification of populations and the shaping of the choice environment without full democratic control. Power shifts from the level of formal orders to the infrastructural level, where technology providers and AI model developers mediate access to goods and rights. This process leads to the dehumanization of the citizen, who becomes an object of systemic inference, creating a new, multi-layered power structure that blurs the line between the state and the technological market.