THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE IN THE ERA OF INTELLIGENT ECONOMY AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC SECURITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

Abstract

With the rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and intelligent manufacturing, the global economy is undergoing a profound transformation from digitalization to intelligence. The intelligent economy, as a new economic form driven by artificial intelligence technology, is characterized by data becoming a key production factor, algorithms becoming an important organizational method, computing power becoming a basic support system, and artificial intelligence systems gradually participating in production decision-making and value creation processes. From a political economy perspective, technological changes not only alter production efficiency but also change the structure of production materials and economic power relations. In the industrial economy era, machine equipment, energy, and capital constituted the main production materials; in the intelligent economy era, data resources, artificial intelligence models, algorithm systems, and digital infrastructure have gradually become new strategic production materials. Changes in the control of production materials further influence the global economic competition landscape, elevating the issue of technology dependence from the level of enterprise competition to that of national economic security. This article, based on the political economy analysis framework, explores the economic foundation, mechanism of action, and impact on national economic security of the formation of technological dependence in the intelligent economy era. The research suggests that technological dependence in the intelligent economy era is not a simple technological level gap, but an economic relationship formed by the control of production materials, the global industrial chain structure, and differences in innovation capabilities. Reducing technological dependence requires enhancing independent innovation capabilities, improving the intelligent economy industrial system, strengthening data governance capabilities, and building an open and cooperative economic security system.