Why AI labs are hiring philosophers to tackle complex ethical problems
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The Economist
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The article discusses how AI labs are increasingly hiring philosophers to address the complex ethical and conceptual problems posed by advanced AI. It notes the irony that while arts students were once told to learn to code to stay employable, it is now programmers who fear AI taking their jobs, while philosophers are becoming valued for their ability to tackle thorny problems that AI technology presents.
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· 4 pulledTEN YEARS ago, as the AI revolution was gathering pace, arts and humanities students were told that, if they wanted to make themselves employable, they should 'learn to code'.
That may have been bad advice.
These days, it is programmers who are nervous about AI taking their jobs.
The technology presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher's favourite kind
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