Aurélie Jean is a doctor of science and entrepreneur. She notably published
Do algorithms make the law?
(2022), published by L'Observatoire and co-wrote
Résistance 2050
(2023)
published by L'Observatoire
.
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What reads like a paradox is actually just a simple coincidence: the sophists and the concept of an algorithm both originated in ancient Greece.
The rigor of a hierarchical logic of algorithmic thinking is opposed by the semantic manipulation and intellectual laziness of the sophist.
At the risk of surprising you, these two things come together today through the presence of a new kind of sophists who discuss and debate topics on algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI).
Like Plato BCE, today we must avoid these AI sophists or risk remaining forever in the shadow of scientific populism.
The sophists have this particularity of speaking well, of using rhetorical maneuvers...
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