The Premature Verdict on Human Obsolescence

In *The Age of Human Obsolescence*, Bruno Patino warns about the encroachment of artificial intelligence on our lives. It is a pertinent assessment, though one that underestimates our ability to shape technology and adapt to it.

Is human reason on the verge of extinction? That, at least, is the thesis put forward by Bruno Patino in his latest essay, *The Age of Human Obsolescence*. According to the vice president of Arte, we have entered a new digital era that brings to a close the age of print—ushered in five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg—and marks the beginning of a gradual takeover of our lives by artificial intelligence (AI).

Au fil d’un essai foisonnant, l’auteur lance un avertissement: les IA menacent notre rapport à la connaissance, non pas sous la forme de robots hostiles, mais comme une «surcouche» qui vient se superposer à tous les objets et interact