Affordance.info — Olivier Ertzscheid
Digital rights & policy
AI in public services
What can I learn?
A Nantes university researcher's long-running blog (3,000+ posts) offering jargon-free critical analysis of platforms, LLMs, Parcoursup, and the politics of algorithms. One of the sharpest French-language voices on tech and society.
Core insight
Algorithms embedded in public services (schools, benefits, justice) encode political choices that are presented as technical neutrality — naming that is the first step to contesting it.
How to use it in daily work
Sharpens your critical vocabulary and keeps you current on French-specific algorithmic controversies.
- When Parcoursup is in the news, Ertzscheid usually has the most accessible critical analysis within days — useful background before clients ask you about it.