Researcher: Beware of the American AI colonization and its ideological project.

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Arab Sea - Al-Quds Al-Arabi - Follow-ups: Marietje Schaake, a researcher at Stanford University in the United States, published an article in the British Financial Times entitled "Beware of American AI Colonialism," in which she affirmed that President Donald Trump's administration is pursuing a project aimed at transforming this emerging technology into a tool of global hegemony and political coercion, just as it has been using trade wars against countries in recent years. Schaake, a member of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Human and the Center for Electronic Policies at Stanford University, stated that Trump's trade wars have revealed how economic dependence can be turned into a political weapon, describing the tariffs and sanctions imposed by his administration as tools to force his country's partners to make concessions. The writer asked: "Will the world realize that adopting American AI will give Trump a more effective tool for coercion?" She considered that these confrontations erupted in light of an intertwined international economic network that made disengagement from it difficult and slow. As for artificial intelligence, it has not yet entered the stage of deep global entanglement, according to the writer, which means that handing over the reins of this technology to Washington may open the door to a new level of American control. The researcher believes that the "American AI Action Plan" is not just a technical vision, but an integrated ideological project for technological hegemony, based on accelerating the development of AI and relying on it within America in an effort to reap economic benefits for Washington and prevent the recurrence of the "woke" model, which contradicts the trends of the Trump administration. The term "woke" means being alert to issues of social justice and equity, especially with regard to racism and discrimination, and is used by the political right in America to undermine leftist and progressive movements. According to the writer, the danger of relying on American AI lies in the fact that these systems are inherently ambiguous, as they operate as "black boxes" whose mechanisms are difficult to understand or detect any manipulation within them. This ambiguity in AI systems produces fragile and unique dependencies in the infrastructure, defense, and security sectors, as their algorithms are non-transparent and can be manipulated to direct outputs, whether to challenge antitrust rules or to support trade protection, the writer explains. The researcher affirmed that with the escalation of this scene, several countries have begun to learn lessons from the trade wars and invest in building sovereign alternatives to AI. She believes that the choice before world leaders is not between American or Chinese hegemony in AI, but between technological sovereignty and digital colonialism. She stressed that any trade confrontation should remind potential partners that today's trade relations can become tools of political coercion tomorrow.