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PHACO HybridCarBike : une nouvelle ère pour la mobilité participative
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PHACO HybridCarBike: A New Era for Participatory Mobility

Official launch announcement for the PHACO HybridCarBike, a hybrid car powered in part by active energy contributions from all four occupants, embodying retroactive modernization.

The sacerdotAI comma
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The sacerdotAI comma

How a conversation with an AI, sparked by a comma in a sentence by Wechy, sets thought shifting in successive directions. A reflection on AI as an interlocutor rather than simply a producer.

Two AIs face a language they do not know
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Two AIs face a language they do not know

A technical article on an experiment comparing two AIs confronted with Crestignac’s unfamiliar yet coherent vocabulary, then with its Dico. Focus: plausibility versus truth, grounding, hallucination, inference, traceability and trust.

From La Barrière to Knowledge
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From La Barrière to Knowledge

La DdC awards the Golden Warthog to Professor Paul Marcus de La Barrière, a specialist in the hummingbird hawk-moth.

« I thank La DdC. I had no idea my research had reached a conclusion, but I am happy to learn that it is finished. »

La DdC presents Sablok Search: “Seek, and it would find”
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La DdC presents Sablok Search: “Seek, and it would find”

The Duchess and Dr Sablok unveil a search engine connected to Mental Box and assisted by ELEN, complete with educational pralines and Sablok Pub, measured by the CIS.

A BIA La BouIAlaisse
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A BIA La BouIAlaisse

La DdC presents ELEN, the official intelligence of Crestignac: Elegant Language, Elegant kNowledge. Designed to recognise intentions, preserve language and select compliant answers, ELEN was born before the territory had even finished asking for her.

« ** We did not create her. ELEN was simply ready to be born. ** »

La DdC launches a walker for elderly warthogs
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La DdC launches a walker for elderly warthogs

In Crestignac, La DdC convenes a steering-committee jamboree to decide on the launch of a walker for elderly warthogs, made by the warthog accessories company she founded.

La DdC Takes on Oil — A Photo Story
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La DdC Takes on Oil — A Photo Story

A satirical photo story: the Duchess of Crestignac, now president, settles the oil question with impeccable Crestignac logic.

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Convertible Airliners
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Convertible Airliners

La DdC discovers the aviation of tomorrow and delivers her verdict: now that mankind has managed to fly, it is time to learn to enjoy the journey. Crestignac launches the convertible airliner.

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