The aim of this article is to elucidate the anthropological conditions of possibility for computing. I will first show how symbolic manipulation is constitutive of hominization. Secondly, I will examine the gradual widening of the gearing between the sensorial world (signifiers) and the intelligible world (concepts) during cultural evolution. Following on from these analyses, I’ll comment some of the main features of contemporary digital civilization, including the development of generative artificial intelligence.
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Towards a Data-centric Organization
The transition to a data-centric organization implies a change of culture and an evolution of management. All of a sudden, words and concepts become important, not only in communication and marketing, but also in production, which is no less digitized than the other functions of the company. In addition, the cultural change calls for more openness and communication between departments, branches, services and businesses. No good management without data management, and no data management without good metadata management. We thought that interest in semantics was reserved for cultural studis departments in American universities, but now it is a condition of business productivity!
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