ABSTRACT
Artificial intelligence (AI) and modern technologies can foster the development of civil society and increase its efficiency. On this basis, civil society organizations (CSOs) should have access to technological resources. However, even highly developed countries can still be seen as failing to exploit this potential fully, having difficulties implementing digital and technology policies and regulations. On the other hand, the existing, deep-rooted inequalities and disparities in access to AI from a world (Global South versus Global North) perspective have far-reaching implications for the development of international civil society. CSOs from countries belonging to the Global South are at a great disadvantage and cannot develop with the same dynamism and efficiency as those from the Global North. This can lead to the gradual exclusion of these organizations from the global flow and global consultations, with the result that their role disappears and their development comes to a standstill. This situation has several consequences for the structure and effectiveness of international civil society. The specificity of AI and its diverse instrumentations, which are rooted predominantly in the cultural and axiological context of the West, means that organizations in the Global South may not be able to implement its potential to the full but also do not want to do so, given their cultural and axiological specificity. Therefore, the problem may be solved by a certain gradual elimination of the AI-related disparity between the Global South and the Global North or in the face of a more regionalized and individualized approach being taken.
