Exploring the real impact of AI and modern technologies to reevaluate our relationship with ourselves and the world.
In 2023, Laurent Bibard and Nicolas Sabouret published a thought-provoking book titled "Artificial Intelligence is Not a Technological Question". This title, full of questions yet containing an answer, captures an intuition that has guided Louis de Diesbach for years: technical issues are rarely just technical; they carry numerous other challenges.
Whether economic, environmental, social, or societal, the ethical issues surrounding technology are, as philosopher Gilbert Hottois pointed out, always both metaphysical and rooted in political philosophy. This means that to think about technology, especially the advent of artificial intelligence, is to reflect on our relationship with ourselves, our world, and the kind of organization we wish to establish.
Avoiding both technophobia, which resists progress, and blind technosolutionism, Louis seeks to address the varied subjects that accelerated technology has inevitably disrupted. As Oren Etzioni, former CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, said, discussions on superintelligence or singularity often distract from the real issues at hand.
In his various interventions, whether in conferences or journalistic essays, Louis de Diesbach aims to spark awareness around what he calls "the real questions" concerning AI: it’s not about whether machines will take over the world (a thrilling theme for movies), but about what kind of society and future we want this technology to shape.
This awareness will lead to reflection, discussion, and, ultimately, action. By enlightening everyone about the real effects of technology through education and sharing, we enable each individual to reclaim the use of technology and reassess their relationship with it. This journey of thought is profoundly philosophical and political, blending technical introductions, concrete examples, discussions, and philosophical references—with a touch of lightness that doesn't diminish the depth of reflection.
To think about technology philosophically is, above all, to reconsider our relationship with ourselves and to rethink our world.
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