Society Review

The Premature Verdict on Human Obsolescence

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written by Pablo Sánchez · September 24, 2026 · 0 comment

Dans Le Temps de l’obsolescence humaine, Bruno Patino alerte sur la colonisation de nos existences par l’intelligence artificielle. Un diagnostic pertinent, qui sous-estime néanmoins notre capacité à orienter la technique et à nous y adapter.

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

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