Why AI companies are hiring philosophers to help develop their models
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SUTHERLAND: Yeah. No, I wasn't actually able to get good numbers on how many are being hired, but I think they actually are in pretty senior positions. They're the - philosophers are the ones who are writing out these constitutions. They're writing what Google calls its AI Principles. So they are really shaping how these models are being developed.

DETROW: In your article, you talk about a couple different philosophical schools of thought that some of these AI companies are really leaning into. They want to make sure they're part of the models, part of the thinking. I'm wondering for, like, an average end user, is there any way that we can detect the presence of this or, like, which philosophical school the company has leaned into?

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