BRETEL Alexandre

●    2020 - 2025: PhD student at Grenoble Alpes University, between the Grenoble Institute of Philosophy (IPhiG) and the "Ethics & AI" chair of the Multidisciplinary Institute of Artificial Intelligence (MIAI), with Thierry Ménissier and the Computer science laboratory from Sorbonne University (LIP6) with Jean-Gabriel Ganascia. Thesis subject: “The contribution of the philosophy of technology to the ethics of artificial intelligence: Study of the notion of responsibility applied to technological civilization and the society of innovation”.

●    2018: Graduate of the Master of Sciences, Technologies, Health and Human and Social Sciences. Humanities and Sciences, jointly accredited by Paris-Diderot University and the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. Specialty Logic, philosophy, history and sociology of Sciences (LOPHISS-SPH). Subject on “The implementation of ethics in artificial intelligence”. Obtained with distinction.

●    2016: Graduate of two Licences from the Catholic Institute of Paris (ICP), one in Law-Political Science and the other in Philosophy.

●    2013: ES Baccalaureate, Mathematics specialty - Honors.

●    2025: Participant in “ Ethos+Tekhnè: A New Generation of AI Researchers” in Paris from March 3 to 5.
●    2025: Speaker on February 13 at the Academic School of Continuing Education (EAFC) in AI ethics.
●    2024-2025: Speaker on November 28 and January 31 at the FIDLE AI fictional trial in Grenoble on liability.
●    2024: Speaker on September 12 at Doc&Soc at HEG Geneva on the risks of generative AI.
●    2024: Co-responsible for the "AI, ethics and legal issues" programme of the Ethics & AI Chair and moderator on 31 May of Sophie Guicherd's talk on the ethical and legal challenges of the AI Act.
●    2024: Speaker on May 14 at the University of Ottawa at the 91ᵉ Acfas conference on responsability in AI.
●    2024: Speaker on March 12 on the Grenoble campus on the ethical challenges of generative AI.
●    2024: Contributor to the Quantum Explorations 2050 scenarios at the MaCI in Grenoble.
●    2024: Speaker on February 10 in Vernoux-en-Vivarais in Ardèche on an introduction to the ethics of AI.

●    2023: Presentation on December 1st at Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence on the risks of techno-utopias.
●    2023: Speaking on October 19 at the International AI and society conference at the University of Ottawa.
●    2023:  Research project in autumn under the supervision of Marc-Antoine Dilhac at the MILA in Montreal, and publication of a report on the implementation of the Montreal Declaration for responsibility.
●    2023: Speaker on September 15 at the Technical University of Munich at the Responsible AI forum.
●    2023: Speaker on July 4 in Lyon for “IA-IPR Design & Métiers d’Art” on AI in education.
●    2023: Speaker on June 8 at the University of Lausanne on the impact of AI on patient responsibility.
●    2023: Speaker on June 1 at VetAgro Sup on the ethical questions of generative AI.
●    2023: Interviewed on March 16 on the social and ethical impact of ChatGPT by Radio Colors FM Nord-Isère.
●    2023: Presentation at “Predictable AI: Evaluation, Anticipation and Control” in Valencia, Spain on March 8.
●    2023: Presentation on January 24 at the MaCI on algorithmic policies in China and the West.
●    2022: Introductory presentation on December 16 at the Sorbonne on the ethical issues of AI in art.
●    2022: Participant on December 14 in the podcast Allodoc ? on: “Is a robot responsible for its stupidities?”.
●    2022: Intervention on December 1st at the IVADO panel - Accessibility, disability and artificial intelligence.
●    2022-2024: Teaching on 30 June 2022 at Precision Oncology school, on 13 September 2022 at Learning from Health Data school and on 8 June 2024 at EITHealth school on the ethical challenges of AI in healthcare.
●    2022: Speaker at the Casemate on April 7 at “From Terminator to Matrix: AI in the eye of experts”.
●    2022: Reviewer within the journal Philosophical implications.

●    2021: Intervention on November 29 in computational ethics at the MaCI, on the notion of responsibility.
●    2021-2023: Teaching on the ethical and social impacts of AI in health in the AI4OneHealth master's degree.
●    2021: Presentation on July 1 at the LPNC: “Thinking about responsible AI”.
●    2021 :  Presentation on June 30 at the Society for Philosophy and technology on responsibility, fear and AI.
●    2021: Co-leadership at the MIAI Club on May 3 and 5 about the impact of AI on the environment and health.
●    2021: Presentation on February 12 at CRÉ-OBVIA, on “The contribution of the notion of responsibility of Hans Jonas, Hannah Arendt and Günther Anders to the ethics of algorithms”.
●    2021: Direction on March 4 of the conference “Ethics of AI Ethics - Why we need ethics and not only regulation on AI? » and on April 27 of the round table “Responsibility, explainabilities and values   of AI”.
●    May 2019 - December 2019: Internship at the CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS) with Jean-Gabriel Ganascia.

●    November 2018 - Mai 2019: Internship at LIP6 with Jean-Gabriel Ganascia in computational ethics.
●    October 2017 - June 2018: Co-organizer of the weekly seminar on ecology (HPS) at ENS-Ulm.
●    October 2017 - June 2018: Organizer of the monthly seminar on the conquest of space (HPCS) at ENS-Ulm.
●    September 2016 - February 2017: Organisation of four sessions of the technique seminar (HPS) at ENS-Ulm.
●    July 2015, June-July 2016, July 2017: Three internships at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris.
●    June 2010: Professional internship at the business law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.

Community activities 

●    2021 - 2022: Creator of Responsible Tech, podcast on the ethics of artificial intelligence.
●    2019 - 2022: Network officer then Vice-President of the association Young European Biotech Network
●    2019 - 2020: Member of SorBotic, the robotics association of the Sorbonne, at the Ethics & Society Center.
●    2017 - 2018: President of the ENS-Ulm debate club for public speaking training.

●    Vasko , C.A. , Adriaensen , M. , Bretel , A. , and Giannopapa , C.-G.Space assets, technology and services in support of energy policy, Acta Astronautica, International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 2016.

●    Bretel, A., What responsibility should we adopt with AI ethics? The contribution of German technical thinkers of the 20th century, Journal of Philosophy, n°2, 2021.

●    Bretel, A., Reconfigured bodies or augmented bodies? Techno-imaginary of the figure of the cyborg among people with disabilities, Revue Pistes, 2022.

●    Bretel, A., Cavalli, D., and Souverain, T.,Reframing Responsibility and Agency Through Quantum Ethics of AI and Methodological Challenges, IACAP 2022 Santa Clara, CA, USA.

●    Bretel, A., Using generative AI in a context of informational degradation, De Boeck, Geneva, 2025.