In the contemporary sociopolitical context, very few concepts are as relevant and evolving as biopolitics. The conceptual contours of biopolitics focus on how modern states exercise power not only through laws and coercion, but by managing life itself, regulating populations, human health, and human values. Biopolitics examines how knowledge systems and power relations are restructuring the governance of populations. Today, developments in the technological landscape, such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology, are reshaping how life is governed, evaluated, and defined. At its core, biopolitics is concerned with the administration and management of populations. States rely on data such as mortality rates, health indicators, and productivity levels to regulate society. The logic of data optimisation and measurement is central to governance. However, the encapsulation of AI-mediated social reality within data-based decision-making is accelerating changes in the social fabric.

The implications are far-reaching. Artificial intelligence-based systems assist governments in areas such as health, predictive policing, border control, and welfare distribution, as technology assumes an unprecedented position in the contemporary sociopolitical milieu. These systems do not simply process information; they actively shape political decisions about who is........

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