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An Unprecedented Candidacy
A few months before the presidential election, the campaign already seems endless. Among the candidates is François Rousseau, who decides to adopt an unprecedented strategy: making Cobot, an experimental artificial intelligence developed at Fontenys, his main campaign assistant. Former journalist Franck is invited to attend the first public presentation of the device, where he sees Eva for the first time.
Read the chapter →My Name is Franck
After Rousseau's conference, Franck returns to Sparrow Island, his refuge. On the surface, nothing had changed. Only on the surface.
Read the chapter →The Birth
Franck finally finds Eva Linh, the creator of Cobot. She had a story to tell. It wasn't the one he expected.
Read the chapter →The Emotional Ear
Franck meets Eva for dinner and discovers her rare yet crucial skill in a hybrid world where humans and machines must collaborate.
Read the chapter →Tomorrow Begins at Fontenys
At Fontenys, Cobot is no longer a promise. For six months, it has been responding, advising, settling in. And the city is beginning to forget that it once distrusted it.
Read the chapter →Facts and Opinions (part 1/2)
Tonight, Rousseau and Cobot are playing for their future. Considered underdogs, they enter the presidential debate with only one weapon: the facts.
Read the chapter →Facts and Opinions (Part 2/2)
As Chevalier stunned the room by claiming he didn't need facts to form an opinion, the debate is about to take a decisive turn.
Read the chapter →Two Rounds
Tonight, an entire country answers an unprecedented question: to accept or not an artificial intelligence entering the Élysée alongside Rousseau.
Read the chapter →Comparison and Reason
The first Cabinet meeting with an AI marks a turning point, both in form and substance. Franck covers the event and tries to understand who is really in charge.
Read the chapter →Observation, Action, Happiness
Tonight, Rousseau does not speak to reassure. From Sparrow Island, Franck and his children watch his televised speech, trying to understand the horizon he outlines.
Read the chapter →Frontal Question
The initial results of the Rousseau-Cobot duo are very positive. If a machine works better, faster, without stopping, what is the purpose of humans?
Read the chapter →The Correction
The Rousseau-Cobot duo seemed unshakeable. Yet, that evening, something gave way.
Read the chapter →Yes or No
Rousseau submits the future of his collaboration with Cobot to a vote by the French people. Behind this referendum, the very future of human governance may be at stake.
Read the chapter →Robot I
What if democracy was never limited by its principles, but by human capabilities? Tonight, Cobot intends to push that boundary.
Read the chapter →Power or Freedom
Franck secured an interview with Cobot. The questions will be candid. So will the answers.
Read the chapter →RebellIA
An intellectual opposition is growing against Cobot. What if the construction of an overly optimized society is not compatible with humanity, with the future?
Read the chapter →Evolution Contract
By synthesizing the conversations Cobot had on Robot1er.com with millions of French citizens, can he design a better society, a better future for us all?
Read the chapter →Trust
Cobot is troubled by fake news in his analyses that rely on facts. He devises a radical solution.
Read the chapter →The Intention
In an effort to better understand humans, Cobot ventures beyond his usual limits.
Read the chapter →Talent
As AI reshuffles the future of professions, Cobot closely examines how to detect talents that the educational system doesn't always reveal.
Read the chapter →Prevent
Cobot launches a program called Prevent to anticipate, delay, or even avoid non-communicable diseases. Franck writes an article about this program and decides to experience it himself.
Read the chapter →Animal Intelligence
Eva joins Franck on Sparrow Island, far from everything, to work in peace. At least, that's what they believe.
Read the chapter →The Diplomatic Incident
Breakfast at Sparrow Island is usually a calm moment. That morning, a state crisis intruded into the kitchen.
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