Conférence les attachements artificiels
%C0 At a time when social bonds are becoming increasingly fragile—marked by ever-more-prevalent forms of isolation—digital tools—and artificial intelligence in particular—are part of a changing relational landscape.
Virtual! So what? Conference: “On the Path to the Digital Age”?
Free admission—By Clotilde Chevet*—In partnership with the University of Shared Knowledge 12
We’ve never been more connected to one another,B7 to one another, and yet the feeling of isolation has never seemed so widespread—to the point that several countries are now addressing it as a public health issue.
It is within this changing relational landscape that chatbots are gradually establishing themselves, populating our world with presences that are difficult to define or understand.
While humans did not wait for the digital age to ascribe intent to objects, generative artificial intelligence is now crossing a new frontier by addressing us directly, in our everyday language and through our own screens. They respond, engage in dialogue, write, and convey the sense of human interaction. Accessible, responsive, and seemingly non-judgmental, they offer a reassuring presence and appear to adapt to each person’s needs.
This apparent ability to converse blurs the lines between tool and friend and profoundly challenges our relationship to presence and to new forms of social connection.
*Clotilde Chevet is a researcher in information and communication sciences and anthropology, affiliated with the GRIPIC laboratory (the Sorbonne University’s Autonomous Interdisciplinary Research Group on Information and Communication Processes). She works at the Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence, where she co-directs the “AI and Education” division. Her research focuses on conversational agents and how generative artificial intelligence is changing the ways we write, read, speak, and interact with others, whether human or not.
