Are philosophers the unexpected new hires shaping AI’s future?
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit · 2 July 2026 · 9m
Speaker 1: New York Times. A couple of days ago, I was reading with great interest that Speaker 1: America because the big tech companies that have big AI budgets are spending some of Speaker 1: those budgets on hiring philosophers. Open AI Anthropic, Google Deep Mind actively recruiting philosophers to Speaker 1: help navigate questions of ethics, values, and decision making. The New York Times Reporter quoted Speaker 1: analysts are saying this reflects a growing recognition inside the AI industry that some of Speaker 1: fairly, responsibly and in line with human expectations as those systems become more powerful and Speaker 1: autonomous. Anthropic seems to be taking it most seriously. Recently was published I think eighty Speaker 1: six page constitution to govern the way that claud interacts with clauds users and doctor Speaker 1: Heidi Mattison, whose views on philosophical matters or whose philosophical views on contemporary matters I'm Speaker 1: us Now Morning Heidi. Speaker 2: Morning, John, Morning, to your listeners. Speaker 1: Are you desperately scouring the wanted columns to see if there's a job for you Speaker 1: a job like that? Speaker 2: I mean, not necessarily in America, given things there. But I love teaching, so my Speaker 2: role is firmly in the academy. But I do think it's wonderful that there are
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