Books & ideas

A Panopticon for All

Julien Le Mauff — 2026-02-19T08:30:00Z

The rise of surveillance technologies is redefining the approach to security amid economic pressures. Wherever it is implemented, this surveillance, boosted by new technologies, raises the question of abuses that threaten civil liberties.

Cannibal Machine

Martin Gibert — 2020-01-23T08:00:00Z

Are intelligent machines attacking human labor? In his study of the digital labor hiding behind the promises of automation and robots, Antonio Casilli notably argues that social media constitute a form of unpaid work.

An Economist Sounds the Alarm

Christian Baudelot — 2019-02-04T07:00:00Z

Daniel Cohen addresses the changes in our globalised world with an anxiety rarely seen among economists. The rise of homo digitalis, social networks and the robotisation of our economies call for us to seek ways to take collective control of the upheavals currently underway.

Intelligence, Still Artificial

Tristan Fournier — 2018-05-10T07:00:00Z

At a time when artificial intelligence is the focus of growing public attention, the philosopher Catherine Malabou questions the increasingly porous boundaries between the human brain and the synthetic brain. In doing so she traces the development of the concept of intelligence.