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Interview for Curieux.live!
(24 December 2025)
I had the chance to answer questions from Florence Heimburger for the magazine curieux.live!, a site aimed at science-curious teenagers. The starting point was to understand why we should—or should...
Seminar on Competitions at Dagstuhl
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Interview in the Science et Vie Special Issue on AI
(20 October 2025)
I’ve had the privilege for some time of occasionally answering journalists’ questions about the impacts of AI on society, thanks to the Trustworthy AI Chair which has increased the visibility...
AI Act Afternoon by the Trustworthy AI Chair
(06 October 2025)
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Science & Vie Roundtable — Fête de la Science
(01 October 2025)
On the eve of the official launch of Fête de la Science 2025, and at the offices of the Ministry of Higher Education, I took part in a roundtable organized...
I had the chance to answer questions from Florence Heimburger for the magazine curieux.live!, a site aimed at science-curious teenagers.
The starting point was to understand why we should—or should not—say thank you to LLMs. Behind this seemingly quirky topic lies a number of ideas that deserve a closer look.
- Saying “thank you” triggers unnecessary computations
- We struggle to grasp the carbon and energy footprint of using these systems
- We find it hard to recognize our part in overall consumption, especially for small gestures like this
- Saying thank you is a way to close the conversation and keep the chatbot from prodding further
- Saying thank you reflects our upbringing, and skipping it can feel uncomfortable even when we know we are dealing with an emotionless machine
In short, it is a way to raise awareness about AI by highlighting the danger of overly anthropomorphizing these systems and how easily natural language leads us down that path.
Read the full interview on curieux.live! (in french !)
(Last Modified date: 04 February 2026)