We are particularly pleased to present the first edition of the ETHICS & TECH report of the OPTIC network. This work, which lasted several months and was enriched by the contributions of contributors and authors from various geographical and intellectual backgrounds, has been designed to provide a synthesis accessible to all those who wish to better understand the collective and contemporary challenges of the digital age on the human, political and even anthropological levels.

Contents : 

MAJOR INTERVIEW 

Ms Audrey AZOULAY, Director-General of UNESCO

Part I - INDIVIDUALS, DATA, MACHINE 

Data work, nudge and reductionism

Always more data?

Ethical issues of brain/machine interfaces

To restore trust, establish social portability of data?

Part II - NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT, NEW GOVERNANCE 

Who governs digital?

Social Networks, Mobilisation and Democracy

The social credit system in China: a reflection of our fears about the future

Towards a connected democracy

Part III - BREAKDowns & DISPUTES 

Blockchain: poison or remedy for trust?

Towards an economy of mutuality with the Blockchain? Interview with Damien de Chillaz

When Artificial Intelligence goes to war

"War can never be identified with virtuality", Interview with Dominique Lambert

Is there a just cyber war?

Part IV - INNOVATION AND ETHICS BY DESIGN 

What is disruptive?

What place for frugal technology in a world in permanent disruption?

Reconciling innovative technology, growth and sustainable development

Ethics by design and legal personality of AI