Philosopher

The Philosophers Shaping Today’s Most Powerful A.I. at Top Firms

As A.I. grows more complex, philosophy is becoming a surprising asset in tech. From Anthropic to Google DeepMind, philosophers are helping A.I. companies tackle consciousness, ethics and the risks of advanced systems.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Why Does Everyone Hate Bernard-Henri Lévy?

Americans have Angelina Jolie to scold the United Nations member states on their lack of interest in the butchery going on in Syria, the French have the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy to go to Benghazi and single handedly topple Muammar Gaddafi.

By Jacques Hyzagi

The Media, Unexamined No More

The pop philosopher and self-help author Alain de Botton has taken on an impressively wide array of subjects, such as

By Matthew Kassel

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