Philosophers in High Demand by Big AI Labs: Here's Why
Philosophers are in high demand in the job market by big AI labs, mainly for training AI to have basic ethics, morals and be more truth focused.
In the age of Aritificial Intelligence, the biggest concern for humans was the possible replacement of their roles in workplaces with AI. Especially in the field of art and humanities, there was a greater scale of worry about the scope of these subjects in a world that is heavily shifting towards technology and artificial intelligence. Ironically, things have turned around and reputed AI labs are in dire need of philosophers more than ever in history. Let us look at some of the major reasons behind this unexpected shift in the job market which is proving to be beneficial to those who have studied along the field of philosophy.
3 Reasons Why Big AI Labs are Hiring Philosophers
Here are the top 5 Reasons why Big AI Labs are hiring Philosophers:
Make AI More Truth Focused
AI Companies want AI to be much more focused on absolute truth instead of readily agreeing with the users’ views. Present AI has been observed to want to please the user by biasing the response in their favour most of the time instead of providing critical honesty.
The Socratic Method by Plato in Greece is known to resolve this issue. This philosophy uses questions to stimulate critical thinking instead of feeding information, it will pressurise AI to reach conclusions based on truth.
Instilling Humility in AI
AI Companies want AI to resolve its complete belief when providing wrong information without realisation to the users. Socrate’s Ignorance is a philosophy that believes true wisdom lies in knowing how little one knows. This can be taught to AI to resolve the overconfidence. Imbibing qualities like humility in AI could make it more accurate and honest in providing information to the users.
Creating Safety in AI Tools
To make sure AI does not resort to means like blackmail or deception towards humans, companies want AI to be trained on grounds of morals and ethics. These will be created on grounds of AI Constitutionalism. Claude has philosophies by Immanuel Kant embedded in its system to integrate these ethics in AI.
Ayukta Zisha is an education journalist with over three years of experience in digital media. A graduate of St. Xavier’s College, she holds a Master’s degree in English along with a certification in Digital Marketing from IIT Delhi. Backed by a strong academic foundation in the humanities, she specializes in creating educational and general knowledge content across history, geography, literature, and current affairs. During her tenure at Jagran Josh, she worked extensively on U.S. news and global developments, curating informative and engaging content for a diverse readership. Her subject expertise and ability to simplify complex topics enable her to make complex information accessible to a wide audience. Beyond journalism, Ayukta is an avid reader and a published author.
