ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to document the ways in which several countries, both in the Global North and the Global South, have shaped and developed AI-related media and cultural politics. It analyzes the governments’ own rapid development of AI policies in tandem with neoliberalism, which emphasizes small government while guaranteeing the maximum liberty of the private sector or developmentalism entailing government intervention to promote economic development for large conglomerates. The chapter discusses AI policy in a few leading countries and in developing countries in order to critically compare and contrast relevant policy standards—in particular, in the media and cultural sectors. It draws on the active engagement of governments in the process and builds on the legacy of digital platforms and cultural industries firms in the neoliberal era, which is not what the proponents of neoliberalism expect to see. Finally, the chapter addresses the possibility of a human-centered policy norm in the cultural sector in the age of AI.
