4: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Decoloniality

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has not only revolutionized technology but has also reshaped global power structures, giving rise to a phenomenon known as data colonialism. This chapter interrogates how AI perpetuates dominant power dynamics that consolidate control over data, resources, and knowledge within the hands of a few. These dynamics contribute to societal misalignments and exacerbate global imbalances, manifesting in the reinforcement of historical inequities across economic, political, and cultural domains.