The logic of the hostage taker | EUROtoday

Using phrases as his solely weapons, Émile engages in a dialogue with “Elon” whose thread must not ever be damaged. Arousing belief with out turning into a good friend, understanding the logic of the prison with out validating it: the train is like tightrope strolling. Especially because the hostage-taker distils his calls for in dribs and drabs. To perceive them, now we have to return to the kids, educated in a pilot college that abolished digital know-how till the age of 10. “Little marvels of thoughtful, attentive, memory mechanics”, these children “have already forgotten the bug in them“. However, to counter AI, which “Elon” considers to be the worst risk to human potential, bestiality proves to be a mandatory evil.

“A crazy mechanic, but logical”

Around the varsity, the state of affairs is tense. Parents show “their on-line terror“, the United States ambassador arrives on site. For Émile, there is no other way out than the release of the hostages, safe and sound. “If I summarize, my opponent is convinced that AI will devour the human species, and that the only way to perpetuate us is to oppose it with barbarity and stupidity, of which AI is incapable. His reasoning targets a crazy, but logical, mechanism. He’s a crazy smart guy. The worst. »