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em500today at 3:32 PM4 repliesview on HN

This article seems high on vibes, low on metrics.

> While a plain-vanilla philosophy degree remains as hard to monetize as ever, David Chalmers, a prominent philosopher of consciousness at N.Y.U., observes: “I think the demand for philosophers with A.I. training is, if anything, outstripping the supply right now. It’s an area I encourage students to go into. I think these issues with A.I. will be front and center for a good while.”

But wait, there's this:

> Beyond nonprofits like Eleos, most of the hiring has been concentrated at DeepMind and Anthropic, each of which employs at least a half-dozen philosophers.

So, between 6 and 12 each?


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taerictoday at 3:33 PM

Wow, it is hard not to immediately think of that meme. There are indeed dozens of them!

mrhottakestoday at 4:25 PM

> This article seems high on vibes, low on metrics.

That's the in-house style for the WSJ

alfiedotwtftoday at 3:47 PM

> a prominent philosopher of consciousness at N.Y.U., observes…

The irony

fellowniusmonktoday at 3:33 PM

The revenge of the _nearly a dozen_ philosophers.

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