The aim of this article is to consider the concept of "Transition" from a social, historical, technological, and philosophical perspective. It draws on both the global experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and the psycho-physiological disorder em- bedded in the structure of capitalism known as "burnout." "Transition" stems from a historical imaginary that is neither that of utopia, nor that of progress, nor that of revolution. Based on Simondon’s technological philosophy, the article defines two types of "progress": "useful" (material) progress and "subtle" (existential) progress. The question then becomes: what type of transition is being led to by the discovery of generative AI or automatic writing processes? Given that the history of humanity is intertwined with the history of writing, what kind of transcendence of history or rewriting of history do new tools like ChatGPT herald?
