Consequences of Broad Deployment of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Public Administration: The USA Experience

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the consequences of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) systems integration in the public administration system of the United States of America. The relevance of the topic is determined by the rapid institutionalization of AI in the administrative and defense structures of the U.S. federal government, which creates precedents and models that are significant for the global practice of public administration. The object of the study is the U.S. public administration system, and the subject is the organizational, regulatory, and strategic consequences of the integration of generative AI systems (GPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude models) into the activities of federal agencies and defense structures. The aim of the study is to identify the key consequences, opportunities, and risks associated with the integration of AI systems into the practice of U.S. public administration in 2023–2026, as well as to assess the institutional and regulatory mechanisms for regulating this process. The study uses comparative analysis, content analysis of regulatory and strategic documents, and the case study method. The results show that Trump administration is pursuing a policy of accelerated deregulation and commercialization of AI infrastructure in the public sector, which creates a number of systemic contradictions: between the requirements of security and the pace of implementation, between the corporate interests of developers and the objectives of public administration, and between the desire for technological leadership and the need for international legal regulation. The study identifies the phenomenon of “algorithmic path dependence”, where the choice of a specific commercial AI platform establishes the information priorities and values of private corporations in the practice of public administration. The novelty of the study lies in the comprehensive examination of the administrative, defense, and international legal aspects of the use of generative AI in the context of the radical reform of U.S. public administration, which fills a gap in the Russian-language scientific literature.