A new book by emeritus professor Ioan Negritiu appeared this year !

About the book

The technological race in AI development faces profound challenges, particularly the sector’s accumulating ecological and social debts : the related huge expenditures divert resources from other pressing socio-economic and ecological priorities. AI is used here to critically examine societal issues and processes by interviewing two dominant models : ChatGPT and DeepSeek.

The book is a surprising journey into the depths of the everyday human condition, into aspects of ourselves we often choose not to see, especially as a collective. The experience of reading this work, in which a human-conceived system of thinking is processed and reflected by a skilful digital brain, offers readers something deeply important to reflect upon, and to act upon.

For example, the two instruments appear to agree on health, in its systemic dimension, as a universal value and a desirable future for mankind. Health, the ultimate collective narrative ?

Table of contents

1. AI and existential questions
Neo-Darwinian evolution is not a theory, it is facts
Slow-building systemic risks are at work – who cares ?
A world without peasants and a privatized nature ?

2. AI and the world as it is – a confusing civilization disruption

2.1 The US upside down political landscape – a global instability agency
A brief history of the Republican Party – on values and drifts
The Trump administration – law and order rhetoric
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – meaning of life and other stories
Reality and imaginary with Donald Trump – Harvard is a joke
The Donald Trump syndrome - low cost feedbacks
From Trump real estate empire to volatile State of affairs – the upside down pragmatism
Inadvertently contributing to China’s long term strategic goals

2.2 A single planet, how many futures ?
GDP, degrowth, and carrying capacity
Nested governance, SDGs, and social issues

3. AI and the world as it should (could) be – wealth requires health
Health, a narrative of all times ? The trouble with SDGs
The 2025 eight billions and “wisdom” of AI

4. Instead of conclusion – the artificial design can be a force for good

Links

– to the Institut Michel Serres page, direct pdf downloading

– to the editorial platform and e-book order (approx. 3 Euros)