What happened

A French-language opinion piece discusses frustration with AI ubiquity and argues for responsible adoption, collective action, and shifting incentives away from data-center-dominant models toward more sustainable, thoughtful uses.

Why it matters

The author frames AI as diverse, not monolithic, and emphasizes practical steps,regulation, education, and institutional choices,that can steer tech toward durable societal benefits while acknowledging ongoing concerns.

The author, a decade-long AI researcher, shares from personal and professional experience how AI feels invasive when new updates arrive without consent, yet insists the technology isn’t a single, unchangeable thing. The piece urges readers to recognize varied AI forms and to push for shifts in who builds and powers the tools, including a move toward renewable-energy-backed providers.

It closes with a call for practical action: choose purposes for AI carefully, support literacy efforts, and favor collective policy and employer decisions that promote sustainable use, rather than succumbing to fear or hype while remaining wary of outsized claims.

What this does not tell us

This is an opinion essay; findings are not data-driven research results and should not be generalized beyond the author’s perspective.

FOR PEOPLE

Benefits and downsides

People are urged to engage critically with AI and participate in responsible choices.

FOR AI AND ITS OPERATORS

No direction stated

Not described

These are two separate readings of what the sources describe. Reported claims and risks do not by themselves establish a real-world effect.

Original sources · 1
  1. Ideas | We Can Do Better with AI ↗Le Devoir · 2026-09-24

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