L'heure des prédateurs Quotes

“There are phases in history when defensive techniques progress more quickly than offensive techniques. During these periods, wars become rarer because the cost of attacking is higher than the cost of defending. But there are other times when offensive technologies gain the upper hand. These are the bloodiest ages, when wars break out more frequently, because attacking others is cheaper than defending what you have. ... These days, attack is cheaper than defence. Much cheaper. And the price keeps coming down.”
― Giuliano da Empoli, L'heure des prédateurs

“when we consider the future of artificial intelligence”
― Giuliano da Empoli, The Hour of the Predator: Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World

“À l'heure des prédateurs, les borgiens de la planète entière offrent les territoires qu'ils gouvernent comme un laboratoire aux conquistadors numériques, pour qu'ils viennent y déployer leur vision du futur sans s'encombrer de lois et de droits d'un autre âge.”
― Giuliano da Empoli, L'heure des prédateurs

“Si l'ancien monde supposait des garde-fous — le respect de l'indépendance de certaines institutions, les droits de l'homme et des minorités, l'attention portée aux répercussions internationales —, tout cela n'a plus la moindre valeur à l'heure des prédateurs.”
― Giuliano da Empoli, L'heure des prédateurs

“This is why we have no future at least in the sense that our grandparents had a future. Fully imagined cultural futures were the luxury of another day one in which "now" was of some greater duration wrote the cyberpunk author William Gibson. For us everything can change so suddenly the futures like those of our grandparents don't have enough now to last the pace.”
― Giuliano da Empoli, L'heure des prédateurs

“Beyond their individual preferences, the convergence between the overlords of tech and the borgias is structural. These two species of predators both draw their power from the digital revolution and they cannot tolerate any limits to its will to power.”
― Giuliano da Empoli, L'ora dei predatori