The Triad of Transformation: Digitalization, Hacktivism, and AI in the Semiotics of Power
摘要
This chapter examines the triad of transformation—digitalization, hacktivism, and artificial intelligence (AI)—as three interlinked forces reshaping legal, political, and institutional systems in the twenty-first century. Rather than treating these domains in isolation, the analysis explores how their convergence amplifies tensions around authority, accountability, and democratic legitimacy. Digital infrastructures reconfigure power through algorithmic control; hacktivism counters this with symbolic and tactical resistance; and AI complicates both by embedding decision-making in opaque, data-driven systems. Framed through semiotics and assemblage theory, this chapter reveals how meaning, governance, and resistance are increasingly mediated by code. The argument calls for adaptive legal frameworks, value-aligned system design, and participatory governance mechanisms capable of addressing the deep normative challenges posed by this triad of digital transformation.