Why AI labs are hiring philosophers to tackle ethical and conceptual challenges

TEN 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.

They might consider learning to philosophise.

Earlier this year the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published figures showing that American philosophy graduates are more l