Adam Curtis and the strange world
Are we not locked in a static, “hypernormal” world? This is the strange proposition of British journalist Adam Curtis.
26 January 2019
Tagged: society
Women and Mathematics: still a long way to go!
Why are there so few women in the higher reaches of mathematics? Review of this old and difficult question.
8 August 2018
Homo Amazonus
A brief history of the past, present and future of this new consumer discovered in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, founding boss of Amazon.com.
30 June 2018
China and AI: imperial!
Late 2017, China unveiled a National artificial intelligence strategy to accelerate an already successful digital politics: imperial!
24 March 2018
AI and its shadows
Isn’t the fight against malicious uses of Artificial Intelligence just another pretext to strengthen the grip of Internet giants?
3 March 2018
Our second natures
“Custom is second nature” said Saint Augustine. But towards what kind of “second nature” are we going with captology, the science of digital attention?
9 December 2017
Return to Babylon
A daring parallel brings us back to Babylonian times. Do our algorithms play a role comparable to the old clay tablets?
21 November 2017
About Artificial Consciousness
Can neurosciences and mathematics offer us a mechanizable vision of consciousness? In any case, researchers are actively seeking.
13 October 2017
“I” is a Number
We gladly provide our measurements to the “Big Calculator”, even if this narcissistic desire is accompanied by anxiety.
9 July 2017