The debate about the past and memory has recently resurfaced in Spain. There is nothing new in this: politicians have always wanted to appropriate the past.
But I have the confusing impression that this interest in mastering our common past, what we call history, has changed its nature in recent times. Our societies are now slowly entering a dangerous era where minimal computer knowledge will be enough to launch an adulterated, convincing and, what is worse, influential image to the world, he says. The laws that will regulate artificial intelligence are not in their infancy: they have not been conceived.