Keynote^EN

The rise of Artificial intellgience in all aspects of contemporary societies, is considered, on the one hand, a technological and economical revolution and, on the other, social and cultural. Used to thinking through technics from the human, the world from its great myths, reality from its representations, the present in its relationship to its most ancient past, anthropology invites us to cast a critical look "from afar, from closeup", to grasp the depth of cultural metamorphoses at playin the contemporary processes of AI. This keynote intends to state a couple of directions, recently sketched out by anthropological research to push further interdisciplinary dialogue on the cultural dimensions of AI.

Lionel Obadia, professor (ex. class) in anthropology at the University of Lyon 2 (since 2004). Has taught at INALCO (1996-1997), EPHE (2001-2005), EHESS (2013-2014), Sciences Po Paris (since 2016) and CNAM (since 2019). Former director of the Doctoral School of SHS of the PRES of Lyon (2009-2014), fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies of Strasbourg (2014-2016), and head of the department of SHS of the National Research Agency (2017-2021). An anthropologist of religions and globalization, he has conducted research on Western and then globalized Buddhism, health and belief systems in Nepal, Jewish messianisms, spiritual utopias in India. His latest work focuses on beliefs and digital technologies. He is the author of 180 publications, including 8 books in his own name, 7 co-edited books, 16 special issues and 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Latest article on the topic: "Moral and financial economics of 'digital magic': Explorations of an opening field", Social Compass, 67 (4) 2020.