Potential negative effects of artificial intelligence in Kazakhstan’s public sector: an analysis of hidden risks
Yermek Buribayev
IntroductionThis article presents an in-depth single-case study of Kazakhstan and examines the latent negative effects that may accompany the expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector. The central premise is that such risks arise less from isolated technical performance indicators of particular AI systems than from the broader architecture of legal regulation, institutional design, and centralized data infrastructures.MethodsThe study combines normative-institutional ana