AI Serving Humanity

I have just returned from Germany after five intense days at HANNOVER MESSE 2026. I had the honor of being part of the delegation led by @BPI France and @La French Fab at this outstanding event, where the very best of global industrial innovation comes together each year.

Unsurprisingly, AI was at the center of everything. At the heart of every discussion and every concern. It fascinates, intrigues, and repels in equal measure.

The American and Chinese giants constantly issue anxiety-inducing predictions across the media, almost like quasi-divine prophecies of inevitable fulfillment: everywhere, and very soon, AI will replace human beings. Hundreds of professions will disappear. There is only one way forward: adapt, at breakneck speed. Submit. Too bad for those who cannot keep up. This catastrophist mantra reminds me of the reductive distortions inflicted on Darwin’s theory, which I discussed in my previous posts (here and here).

A More Virtuous Path for AI

I firmly believe that another path exists. An approach that, far from dehumanizing our future, would place human beings at the center of the innovations made possible by AI.

What if, instead of impoverishing and then replacing human expertise, AI became a tool to improve it? To augment it? A tool in our hands, magnifying human creativity and its immense capacity for innovation.

A French, European approach that would give us genuine competitive advantages. In this respect, I fully agree with Matthieu Moreau when he speaks of “transforming [our] competitive positioning”.

AI Serving Humanity

In many fields, AI is already enabling advances that would have seemed almost unimaginable just a few years ago.

In biology, for example: the design of entirely new therapeutic proteins (enzymes, antibodies); the discovery of new antibiotics such as halicin; the assembly of complex genomes; the reconstruction of microbial communities; and the identification of patterns in DNA sequences.

The same is true in the bio-digital sphere. A virtuous convergence between biology and IT that I know well, since the process developed by @GENARO lies at the crossroads of these two disciplines. Our team relies on AI tools every single day. Not out of laziness or convenience. I myself am an augmented molecular biologist 🙂 Quite the opposite: we use them to think better, think further, explore more ideas, and unlock the full creativity and potential of our R&D.

During these five days in Hanover, alongside many stakeholders, decision-makers, and business leaders, I mostly listened, observed, and learned.

I was able to better position GENARO’s potential within Industry 4.0, particularly through applications in which DNA could become a reliable vector for transporting data and qualified documentation, thereby securing the entire chain of traceability and integrity across industrial processes—the famous chain of custody.

Others, as seen in recent news, are using DNA to carry encrypted messages.

But that will be the subject of a future post.