Pascal Couchepin's reading: «L'homme augmenté» (Augmented man)»

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. Current affairs, history, politics and philosophy: former Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin's readings.

Augmented man is a theme that often accompanies scientific or popular articles on artificial intelligence (AI). For some, the hybridization of man and machine is a nightmare. For others, it's an opportunity. Raphaël Gaillard, in his essay L'homme augmenté (published by Grasset), draws on his experience as head of the research department of a major Paris psychiatric hospital to address the issue calmly and humanistically. In a previous book, Un coup de hache dans la tête, he studied the connection between schizophrenia and the talent of great writers. He did not see any causal link, but simply the