Author: Cai Cuihong
Abstract:
With the widespread application of large language models and generative artificial intelligence, global cyberspace is undergoing a profound structural transformation. Cyberspace is no longer an information interaction environment centered solely on human actors, but is increasingly evolving into a global intelligent action domain jointly constituted by humans and artificial intelligence, algorithm-driven, and continuously generating actions. This transformation reshapes the ontological structure of cyberspace across three dimensions: existence, temporality, and power. Actions shift from external input to endogenous generation within the system; time evolves from a traceable sequence of events to a continuous process of evolution; and power transforms from entry control to generative mechanisms embedded in models and technological ecosystems. These changes pose systemic challenges to the global cyberspace governance regime, which presupposes identifiable subjects, attributable behaviors, and predictable rules, generating structural pressures on jurisdictional application, rule provision, and governance implementation. In response, generative governance advocates shifting governance from ex post regulation to ex ante shaping, from regulating completed behaviors to guiding action-generating mechanisms, and reconstructing a multi-node, participatory, and co-generative governance structure. This approach provides a new perspective for understanding and advancing the transformation of cyberspace governance in the artificial intelligence era.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cyberspace Governance; Generative Governance; Intelligent Action Domain
Journal: Contemporary World, (2).
Publish date: 2026/2/10
