Artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading through all walks of life, promising social and economic disruptions that prompt comparisons with the Industrial Revolution. While there is growing interest in AI ethics and its implications for humanity, there has been surprisingly little consideration of its implications for national identities and nationalism. This paper argues that the transformation of citizens into population data is driving changes to state sovereignty and that the simultaneous competition between (and within) states and global corporations on a structural level and expansion of algorithmic population management on a quotidian level may crystallize in ways that are likely to produce nationalist responses. It concludes by proposing a number of causal mechanisms and hypotheses regarding the emergence and spread of “AI nationalism.” Scholars in nationalism studies can benefit substantially from embracing the study and applications of AI, though they ignore its development and spread at their peril.

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人工智能与民族主义的未来

人工智能（AI）遍及各行各业，有望对社会和经济造成破坏，从而可以与工业革命相提并论。尽管人们越来越关注AI伦理及其对人类的影响，但令人惊讶的是，很少有人考虑到它对民族认同和民族主义的影响。本文认为，将公民转换为人口数据正在推动国家主权的变化，并且在结构层次上，州与全球公司之间（内部）之间的竞争与全球公司之间的竞争以及在quotidian级别上算法人口管理的扩展可能通过以下方式具体化：可能会产生民族主义的回应。最后，提出了一些有关“人工智能民族主义”的出现和传播的因果机制和假设。