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

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

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The Economist

1h ago· 1 min readenNews

Summary

The article discusses how AI labs are increasingly hiring philosophers to address the thorny ethical and conceptual problems posed by advanced AI. It notes the irony that a decade ago, humanities students were told to learn to code to be employable, but now programmers fear AI taking their jobs, while philosophers are in demand for their ability to grapple with complex, ambiguous problems that AI technology presents.

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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.
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The technology presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kind

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