When I was a child, my mother had to dictate every step of a simple errand: which bag to take, which street to turn into, what to say to the shopkeeper — and of course, to bring back the change.It was the age of prompt engineering before the term existed,…
The inner dialogue is the foundation of human thought. To think is to dialogue with oneself. Most of the time, we think with two inner voices: the one that questions, and the one that answers. It is an inner dialogue, both intimate and rational, that structures our reflection. To think…
Existential CoffeeCoffee: ontological substance or a mere pretext for existence?Deprived of hot coffee for odontological reasons, I was reflecting on this very subject with ChatGPT. I shared the idea that a philosophical dissertation on the role of coffee in the existentialist perception—without "bad faith" or thinking that "Hell is other…
The smartphone is no longer a tool.It has become an organ.An extension of our memory, our gaze, our voice — and sometimes even of our identity.We have tamed it without noticing, to the point where its absence produces a vertigo comparable to an amputation: a void of memory, of connection,…
For millennia, the potter has shaped clay. In his hands, the earth is more than raw material: it is resistance, memory, and plasticity. Guided by the mind, the hand does more than impose a form — it listens, adjusts, and dialogues with what allows itself to be shaped. The potter…
Building the monster: a mirror of our exclusions Frankenstein, the Golem, the rebellious AI… We project our fears onto what we make. Or sometimes onto what we imagine, like the monster children believe is hiding in their closet. But what if the real monster were not the one who is…
Qui n’a jamais cliqué sur « J’accepte » sans lire les interminables conditions générales d’un service en ligne ? Ces textes, souvent rédigés dans un jargon juridique volontairement rébarbatif, relèvent de ce qu’Enrique Dans appelle la « fiction du consentement informé ». En la era digital, nous sommes tous victimes d’une véritable fatigue du consentement. Multiplier les demandes d’acceptation n’informe pas vraiment l’utilisateur : cela le pousse, au contraire, à céder sans comprendre. En réalité, dans la grande majorité des cas, nous ne savons pas ce que nous acceptons.
The controversy is on: if a writer is helped by an AI, is he still the author of the book?Criticism of AI-assisted writing is everywhere. There are even programs supposedly able to detect its presence in any type of text: school essays, academic papers, journalism, and of course, novels.Ah yes,…
Once upon a time, in the Paleolithic, there was a stonecutter who “conversed” with rocks. In a shapeless stone, he could see a spearhead or a bowl. With repeated strikes, the flint would finally reveal its useful form. Later, humans discovered metal: copper, then bronze, then iron. With these new…
When the Exchange Matters as Much as the AnswerLet me introduce the subject with an example.That of a fashion store, selling clothes.A customer walks in intending to discover clothes or accessories that might please her and —eventually— to buy them.In the store, a sales assistant’s mission is to inform her,…