AI Does Not Exist 

Discussions about ethics applied to artificial intelligences are numerous, as are those about their governance. In this case, all players are acting as if AI were self-evident, as if this impossible-to-define object were an objective and homogeneous given. And yet, despite all the talk, the problems remain without any real, effective solutions. This raises the question of whether this position on the existence of AI, which necessarily precedes that on its ethical and/or legal governance, is not worth questioning. The aim of this talk is to propose a critical approach to the existence of AI. What if AI did not exist? What if it were just an act of language? What if we were on the wrong track trying to regulate a non-existent object through law and/or ethics?