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Le feu de Prométhée, un mythe qui explique en partie le succès du narratif entourant l’IA. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

January 28, 2026

Du chatbot du pape au canard de Vaucanson, les croyances derrière l’intelligence artificielle ne datent pas d’hier

Michael Falk, The University of Melbourne

Et si nos contemporains étaient prêts à croire en l’IA parce qu’elle fait écho à des mythes profondément ancrés dans leur imaginaire ? Passage en revue de précédents historiques…

Prometheus – Heinrich Füger (c.1817) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

December 10, 2025

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

Michael Falk, The University of Melbourne

Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?

The decision to rename Fraser Island K'Gari led to a one year ‘edit war’ on Wikipedia. Paul Harding/Shutterstock

October 27, 2024

We analysed 35,000 Wikipedia entries about Australian places. Some of them sanitise history

Heather Ford, University of Technology Sydney; Francesca Sidoti, University of Technology Sydney; Michael Falk, The University of Melbourne, and Tamson Pietsch, University of Technology Sydney

The first project to examine Australian Wikipedia entries finds topics such as Australian history and use of First Nations place names are sparking ‘edit wars’, with some serious omissions.

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