L’INDIVIDU TECHNOLOGIQUE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L’IDENTITE NUMERIQUE
THE TECHNOLOGICAL INDIVIDUAL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL IDENTITY

Summary/Abstract: Today, Artificial Intelligence has become so well integrated in our lives, creeping into our existence so subtly and rapidly that we reach a point where we can no longer clearly distinguish our true identity from the many adjacent ones that we develop in this new context. In his”Confessions”, following the Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, St Augustine considers that the supreme goal of the individual's life is to attain the beata vita, i.e. to find happiness through a process of introspection, leading to the development of virtues and the suppression of sensations that lead to irrational behaviour. However, in the current context, where the world seems to be divided between the physical and virtual space, and the individual is no longer confined to his biological body, but develops a second virtual one, are we closer or further away from the objective of the Saint? Knowing that each environment has its own rules, the individual drawn into this dynamic is forced to alternate very quickly, often unconsciously, between the two bodies and the two main identities, each corresponding to another world. This sudden transition, associated with the mirage of the virtual world, promises instant gratification and freedom from the space and time limits of the physical world. In the world of speed, this is an advantage. However, do the goals of the individual also change with the environment or do they remain the same despite this new situation?

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