This page is published by choice: nothing obliges us to. We use artificial intelligence tools to keep this website alive, and it seems only fair that our members and visitors should know which ones, for what purposes, and within what limits.
Considered use, not a doctrine
We are an association run by volunteers. Every euro spent on the website is a euro not spent on an event, a reduced membership rate or an act of solidarity. AI lets us do things a small association could not otherwise afford — but it never replaces a human decision, and we consistently prefer a person’s work wherever that is possible.
What we use it for
- Illustrations. Unable to pay graphic designers on a regular basis, some of the atmospheric images on this site are generated. They are illustrations, never photographs presented as real.
- Translations. The English and Occitan versions of this site were produced with the help of AI, then reviewed. Occitan deserves better than machine translation: we are looking for proofreaders (see below).
- Part of our security reviews. The bespoke code behind this site is reviewed with the help of AI, alongside human review, to check that your data stays where it belongs.
- Development assistance. The site is built and maintained by one volunteer, assisted by AI in writing and checking code.
What we never do
- No decision about a person is taken by a machine: not membership approval, not moderation, nothing that concerns a member. Board members decide, and answer for it.
- No invented faces. We do not generate portraits of fictitious members, fake testimonials or fake event photographs. What you see of our evenings is our evenings.
- Nothing is published without human review. A text produced with AI remains a draft until a person has read it, corrected it and taken responsibility for it.
Site maintenance and confidentiality
The site is developed and administered by a volunteer of the association, who uses AI assistance in that maintenance work. These tools are involved strictly within technical operations — fixing faults, checking restricted access, connecting the ticketing system — and only with the information required for the task in hand, in line with the principle of data minimisation.
The association remains at all times solely responsible for the processing of your data. For its own management purposes — tracking memberships, preparing events, reporting to the general assembly — it may carry out analysis or statistical work with the support of these tools. Your data, however, is never sold, transferred, or used for marketing purposes, and no decision concerning you is taken by an automated tool.
The board reviews these arrangements regularly and will publish any change of practice on this page.
We are looking for volunteers
We would rather have images made by people. If you draw, illustrate, photograph or design — even occasionally, even modestly — your work would gladly replace ours. It will be credited to you, and you will remain the owner of your creations.
We are also looking for Occitan proofreaders: our Occitan version exists thanks to machine translation, which is a beginning, not an achievement. A living language deserves living eyes.
A practice still open to debate
Using these tools raises legitimate questions: their energy consumption, the conditions under which they were built, and their tendency to produce errors with great confidence. The association neither wishes to ignore those questions nor claims to settle them on its own.
Our position is that of a volunteer organisation with limited means: human work comes first whenever it is possible, and these tools are called upon when they allow us to achieve what we could not otherwise fund. This position is not fixed, and will be reconsidered as the subject develops.
If any content on this site strikes you as misleading, badly translated or out of place, tell us: we will put it right.
Last updated: 30 July 2026.