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Commons, and what became of them

This site brings together knowledge commons — reports, formal opinions, courses and notes — I have contributed to since 2013. Each comes with a critical review: what it set out to do, what it achieved, and what has aged badly.

Yann Bonnet

Knowledge commons

  • Ce que la construction du Campus Cyber apprend sur la coopération public-privé

    [What building the Campus Cyber teaches about public-private cooperation — retrospective note, 2026]

    2026 · Note · Written for bonnet.bzh · author: Yann Bonnet

    Retrospective note on the design and early years of the Campus Cyber: what the public-private cooperation model allows, and what it does not.

  • A Blueprint for Multinational Advanced AI Development

    2025 · Note · Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative and Paris Peace Forum

    Note proposing a multinational cooperation architecture for the development of advanced AI systems, an alternative to competition between states and private labs.

  • Découvrez l'univers de la cybersécurité

    [Discover the world of cybersecurity — free online course, OpenClassrooms, 2023]

    2023 · Course · OpenClassrooms

    Free introductory course on the fundamentals and professions of cybersecurity, built around a practical case study of an attack on a fictitious hospital.

  • Donner un sens à l'intelligence artificielle

    [For a meaningful artificial intelligence: a national and European strategy — mission report to the President of the Republic, March 2018, widely known in English as the Villani report]

    2018 · Report · Mission entrusted to Cédric Villani by the Prime Minister

    Mission report submitted to the President of the Republic, the origin of France's national artificial intelligence strategy and of an announced commitment of 1.5 billion euros.

  • Ambition numérique

    [Digital Ambition — report to the Prime Minister, June 2015]

    2015 · Report · Conseil national du numérique (French national digital council) — report to the Prime Minister

    Report submitted to the Prime Minister following a national consultation that gathered nearly 15 000 contributions, which fed into the French law for a Digital Republic.

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