{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"Dan's Blog","home_page_url":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en","feed_url":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en\/blog\/.json","description":"Daniel Belley's Blog","author":{"name":"DAN"},"items":[{"title":"About This Blog","date_published":"2026-05-04T21:04:10+00:00","id":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en\/blog\/about-this-site","url":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en\/blog\/about-this-site","content_html":"

This site is hosted on a SSDNodes<\/a> VPS. It is managed via Grav<\/a> and served by Caddy<\/a>. All Dockerized<\/a>.\nIt has been accessible to the public for a good year. I experimented with Hugo and Grav before choosing the second. I hosted at home on an old Lenovo laptop before redeploying to a VPS. It is not quite yet completed at the technical level but sufficiently functional for now. I made few changes to the visuals. It is a work in progress.<\/p>\n

I have many interests. I will try to tag each post and let a taxonomy emergge as it goes. I'll readjust as necessary.<\/p>","tags":["Caddy","Grav","SSDNodes"],"image":"\/user\/pages\/01.blog\/01.about-this-site\/Futuristic Helmeted Figure Amidst Neon Lights.png"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence","date_published":"2026-05-04T19:28:15+00:00","id":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en\/blog\/ai","url":"https:\/\/dbelley.info\/en\/blog\/ai","content_html":"

Artificial intelligence (AI) appeared in my life in the early 1990’s. It was essentially limited to LISP<\/a> because it was part of the Slackware<\/a> linux distribution. I confess that I did not fully grasp the concept and, since I did not see its usefulness, I simply ignored it.<\/p>\n

The AI made a second appearance in 2000 in the form of IBM's Via Voice<\/a>, a demo version of which was included in the linux Suse<\/a> distribution. This software was among the first to allow me to dictate to my computer. It worked very well. It is not, strictly speaking, AI in the common sense of the term but it certainly gave the impression. I had told my French teacher of 6th grade that in the year two thousand I would not need to write well anymore because there would be a machine to do it for me. Here it is; I was right! This conversation had taken place because my handwriting is, let’s say, cryptic to the best...<\/p>\n

It was three years ago that AI had a serious impact on my life. In fact it was rather the observation of its overall impact that hit me hard. On a return to school, I realized that more than half of the students used ChatGPT both for practical work and during exams.<\/p>\n

Besides the feeling of injustice -- I did not resort to it; by choice-- there was a big question about the real value of the degree. He no longer represented the graduate’s knowledge as long as his ability to use a single tool. I also understood that, as a result, all graduates will eventually be redundant and therefore unemployed. When the AI does 90% of the job, no one will want to pay for more than one pinch of graduates to lead. And again.<\/p>\n

Fear of novelty<\/h2>\n

We fear what we do not know. The idea that a machine can give the appearance of reason is already staggering but what worries me the most is that this machine learns to reason from human knowledge. The human is, very generally, not very intelligent. He is certainly endowed with reason but is greatly influenced by feelings. It is also very prone to preconceptions, prejudices, advertising, etc.<\/p>\n

These machines ingest a lot of data during their training. Data from scientific disciplines tend to be factual and follow rigid protocols and laws. Training in this way, the contribution of AI can be very valuable. When data includes social media posts, that’s where it’s most likely to be dangerous. The mythical collective intelligence is saturated with unqualified opinions, religious, moral, social, etc.<\/p>\n

Then there is the problem of censorship. To be socially acceptable, AI must operate among the limits of human social codes. This greatly limits the timeliness of the answers given.<\/p>\n

But despite everything, I doubt the disappearance of AI. So I will continue to explore this phenomenon and deepen my knowledge.<\/p>\n

The plan<\/h2>\n

I already have some notions about the implementation, the structure,...<\/p>","image":"\/user\/pages\/01.blog\/03.AI\/Human and Robotic Handshake.png"}]}