The “progress” unveiled by Photography (with Henri Van Lier)
Photography, a system of technical essence, unveils by analogy the whole technical “progress” (inspired by the philosopher Henri Van Lier)
17 July 2021
Category: Mundus numericus
Some political dimensions of blockchains
Blockchain technology promises the disappearance of “cumbersome” trusted third parties. But we don’t get rid of them at little political cost.
29 May 2021
The hypothesis of the “Robot Person”
Can and should autonomous “intelligent” artifacts be held responsible for their decisions? Should a new legal subject be created?
1 May 2021
Tristan Harris and the Swamp of Digital Ethics
Addictions, fake news, breaches of privacy … Can the “ethical” offer of digital professionals remedy these drifts?
6 February 2021
The « Individual » in the light of information theories
Researchers in information science seek to grasp the concept of “individual”. Decryption of their usual methods…
8 August 2020
Elon Musk, special vassal
Elon Musk acts like a feudal lord, vassal of the technological system. Will we be resistant enough to live in the “territories” conquered by this tough guy?
23 May 2020
Gilbert Simondon, “philosopher of information”?
Gilbert Simondon, reread 40 years later by digital thinkers, is praised as the “first philosopher of information”. What to think of this “sacrament”?
2 May 2020
Attachment to Simulacra
How close can one become to a digitized artefact? Not to the point, we think, of ever being able to fall “in love” with it.
11 April 2020
PageRank, Parcoursup and other Moral Machines
Alexa, Siri, Uber, Tinder, TripAdvisor, Waze… The multiplication of “Moral Machines”, as the sociologist Dominique Cardon used to say, has only just begun!
28 September 2019
The promises of quantum computing
Google, IBM, Microsoft … will soon announce “quantum supremacy”. What are the main challenges of this new IT paradigm?
21 July 2019