Algorithms anticipate our preferences, shape our decisions, and increasingly influence the futures that lie ahead. Optimised for immediate performance, they tend to lock our societies into trajectories we have not consciously chosen. What if queer thinking offered an alternative? Embracing error, valuing the right to be forgotten, welcoming chance, and resisting fixed categories could all become resources for imagining AI systems that are more resilient, more open, and ultimately freer.
Drawing on his recent book Queer Algorithms (B42, 2026), Guillaume Chevillon explores the intersections of economics, technology and culture, inviting us to rethink the futures encoded in today's digital systems.
6pm
Lieu Unique, Quai Ferdinand-Favre
Free access, no reservation required
French without interpretation
Guillaume Chevillon is Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School, where he holds the Chair in Cultural Industries, Art and Creative Technologies. He also directs the Metalab for AI, Data and Society.
