David Lisnard: On AI in schools, holds that technology is progress only if it is given a moral scope
Statement made by David Lisnard on October 28, 2026. Topic: AI in Schools. The observatory also publishes quotes from 12 other public figures on this topic.
Technology is not progress in itself. It is progress when it is given a moral connotation of progress.
Original quote (French)
La technique n’est pas un progrès en elle-même. Elle est un progrès lorsqu’on lui donne une connotation morale de progrès.Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr
Other candidates on this topic
- Bernard Cazeneuve: Teaching Data Ethics as Part of the Knowledge of the Century
- Bruno Retailleau: No direct exposure of students to AI before high school
- Dominique de Villepin: Controlled and graduated exposure of students to AI according to ages and uses
- Florian Philippot: Keep AI out of schools
- François Ruffin: Teaching critical use of AI in middle school, through documentary research in history and geography
- Gabriel Attal: Making a sovereign AI assistant available free of charge to every student
- Jérôme Guedj: Teaching artificial intelligence to all students
- Natacha Polony: Polony links France's ability to cope with the AI revolution to a solid foundation of knowledge at school
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Make AI Training Mandatory for Teachers and Create an AI Curriculum from Middle School Onward
- Olivier Becht: Making AI a daily tool for students and teachers
- Xavier Bertrand: Extending nationwide the AI certificate funded by the Hauts-de-France region
- Édouard Philippe: No use of AI by students before middle school, then a phased introduction through high school
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