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Generative AI or the hidden face of a technological mirage

Generative AI or the hidden face of a technological mirage

Behind every ChatGPT query lies a reality that few of us want to face: a titanic infrastructure that devours water, electricity, and rare metals at a frenzied pace.

I dove into the behind-the-scenes of this technological revolution, and the figures are staggering:

➡️ A single ChatGPT query consumes 5 TIMES more electricity than a classic Google search

➡️ By 2030, AI could generate 2.5 MILLION tons of electronic waste per year

➡️ A heavy ChatGPT user generates nearly 300g of CO2 annually – multiplied by hundreds of millions of users…

But beyond the alarming numbers, in this article I explore concrete solutions: specialized models, distributed computing, frugal innovation… Because I’m convinced: **the future of AI will be ecological, or it won’t exist.**

This extraordinary technology deserves better than our collective blindness. It deserves deep reflection on its sustainability.

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OPINION

AI CARBON-FOOTPRINT ECOLOGICAL-TRANSITION ETHICS

AI writes your posts? But who’s going to read them!

AI writes your posts? But who’s going to read them!

“Use my secret prompt that nobody knows and your content will explode!” How many pseudo-prompt experts have sold you this dream at a premium price?

Meanwhile, your LinkedIn feed is turning into a cemetery of AI-generated content – impeccable, formatted, and desperately… forgettable.

A little unfiltered Friday mood piece on this epidemic of soulless texts. Spoiler: even ChatGPT gets bored writing them!

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OPINION COLUMN

AI CONTENTMARKETING HUMOR PARADOX

Generative AI or the illusory alchemy of digital free access

Generative AI or the illusory alchemy of digital free access

Since the dawn of humanity, we have pursued the Promethean dream of creating in our own image. From Vaucanson’s automatons to Pascal’s mechanical calculators, this quest has shaped our civilization. But never, until now, had the boundary between human creation and artificial generation been so delicately blurred.

ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, DeepSeek, Perplexity have become the new deities of a technological pantheon where creation seems liberated from human expertise. Text, image, melody: everything now merely awaits our desire, materialized in a few clicks, to transform us into artists with a simple snap of the fingers, without the shadow of a transaction.

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OPINION

AI BIAISES COST ETHICS

I’m overwhelmed, I don’t have time

I’m overwhelmed, I don’t have time

Ah, that sublime lament of “I’m overwhelmed, I don’t have time”… The global hit of the year, performed with such conviction by virtuosos of excuses that we wonder why they haven’t yet received an Oscar for best dramatic performance in the “Imaginary Victims of Overwork” category. Their interpretation is so poignant, so authentic, that we might almost shed a tear – if we weren’t busy spotting them, two hours later, deep in meditation in front of kitten videos.

Enough of this laughable comedy! We see you, you know. Do you honestly think you’re convincing us that your existence is a perpetual tornado of appointments on which the very survival of humanity depends? That your calendar rivals that of a president in the midst of a diplomatic crisis? Seriously? You have time, let’s not kid ourselves.

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OPINION COLUMN

HUMOR PARADOX PROCRASTINATION

AI autophagy, when AI feeds on itself

AI autophagy, when AI feeds on itself

What if artificial intelligence was slowly drifting away from reality by feeding on… itself? This is the alarming paradox of data autophagy: when AI models reuse their own outputs, they create a vicious cycle.

🔄 The consequences?
📉 A gradual loss of diversity and nuance
📉 A “copy of a copy” effect that degrades quality
📉 Search engines increasingly filled with synthetic content

With 90% of online content potentially AI-generated by 2026, how can we prevent a massive informational collapse?

🔬 Solutions exist:
✔️ Diversifying data sources to avoid algorithmic inbreeding
✔️ Developing self-correcting mechanisms to preserve creativity
✔️ Striking the right balance between artificial intelligence and human intervention

💡 Can we still control the evolution of AI models? More importantly, how do we stop AI from running in circles?

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