AI is opening doors for philosophy majors

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Philosophy majors are landing lucrative roles shaping AI, but their real influence is still up for debate.

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Anthropic's resident philosopher shares her tips to create the best AI prompts

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Aliens Might Not Do Physics Like We Do—and That’s a Problem

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She runs a team of philosophers and artists at Google. Here's what she recommends for non-technical candidates.

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Mira Lane is the founder of Google's Envisioning Studio, an AI innovation prototyping lab that explores the impact of tech innovation on society.

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Do Animals Understand Death? The Latest Science Might Surprise You

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These are the 12 best books to get up to speed on the hot new world of generative AI, according to experts

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Generative AI is a budding yet explosive field. Here's a list of books to get started learning about it.

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman credits Buddha as his biggest influence

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Veteran Silicon Valley technologist said his thinking has been impacted by the teachings of Buddha in a recent interview.

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The new Bing is acting all weird and creepy — but the human response is way scarier

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Everyone is freaking out because Microsoft's ChatGPT clone flirted with a journalist and said it wanted to be alive. But the hysteria is missing the real menace: humans.

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