When I recently started exploring content on English-speaking YouTube with a new account dedicated to this purpose, I wasn’t sure where to begin. My algorithm was still completely blank, so I started by searching for keywords and topics of interest. That’s when I came across the channel “Artificially Aware”.
For the first time, I found myself uncertain about what I was actually watching: were these essay-style videos written by humans but presented with an AI aesthetic (synthetic voices and AI-generated images)? Or was this a channel where every stage of creation was handled by AI?
Despite some research, I still can’t determine the exact balance between artificial and human elements in this content. This is the first time I’ve experienced such uncertainty. It’s quite unsettling.

Faced with repeated flight cancellations, I used to get the airline’s customer service department on the phone to transfer me to another flight. Recently, the procedure changed: I had to log on to the airline’s web page and found myself in discussion with a chatbot: the conversation was as fluid as with a human agent, with verbal questions such as ‘Is there an earlier flight? or ‘Is there a later flight? This provoked a series of cascading feelings in me: first of all doubt about the success of this procedure. Then, as soon as the plane tickets were produced, the doubt disappeared and I became fascinated by the simplicity of the procedure. I also felt that I couldn’t ‘irritate’ the agent with my indecisions or changes… Anyway, let’s just say I didn’t need to go that far. Would it have happened?

What a surprise it was when, without realising it, I installed an AI assistant in my Teams online meeting software. It seemed that I had subconsciously made a small adjustment and now a robot was systematically joining all my online meetings! It was even connecting 10 minutes in advance! This made me break out in a cold sweat: was a participant starting the meeting earlier than planned? Or was it me who was late? After a bit of research, I found a way of disabling this intrusive robot… so that I could stay connected just between humans….