Can consciousness exist without a body, lived experience, or a sense of self? Recent AI systems sometimes appear aware that they are being tested—and may even seem to deceive us—yet we have no access to their inner perspective. We therefore tend to regard them as opaque mechanical black boxes. But is the human self, often considered unique and irreducible, really so transparent? Shaped by inherited narratives, blind to many of its own motivations, and embedded in a body saturated with sensory input, our consciousness may be far more elusive than we like to believe. What if AI were to turn the question back on us: who, or what, is really in control?
6pm
Lieu Unique, Quai Ferdinand-Favre
Free access, no reservation required
French without interpretation
Pierre Godard (left) is a choreographer and theatre director, and holds a PhD in Natural Language Processing from Université Paris-Saclay. His work explores the future of dance and its relationship to society as a whole.
Jim Gabaret (right) is a philosopher, researcher and associate member of the Institut des sciences juridique et philosophique de la Sorbonne (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), specialising in New Realism. He is the author of L'art des IA (The Art of AI, Presses Universitaires de France, 2025).
