Artificial reality : chapter 2

Hello,

Last year, I used to publish a press review on artificial intelligence every Sunday. I want to do things differently in 2026.

When I launched Artificial reality, on April 12, 2025, I wanted these press reviews to accompany my long-form articles. However, I quickly realized that writing them took me much more time than expected, especially because I was compiling many sources.

This year, I want to devote all my time for this media to writing articles. Because beyond the daily news happening in the AI industry, some worrying technopolitical projects are emerging, often far away from democratic debates. Only long-form articles will allow me to explain them with the necessary precision.

Futurology

From now on, Artificial reality is a media primarily devoted to technological prospection. My objective is to anticipate and describe the societies of our near future, in which AI will play a major role.

One of these social projects is called The Network State. Some tech billionaires backed by important investment funds want to create private cities in which they will live according to their own rules. In short, they want to escape democracy. The scope of this project, which is supported by politicians at the top of the United States government, is a threat to our freedom. This will be the topic of my next article.

See you soon in our ever‑more artificial reality,

Arnaud