The search for machine consciousness has gone mainstream, and companies such as Google, Meta and OpenAI are hiring philosophers to explore questions about AI welfare.
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Benjamin Guggenheim,
Washington Post,
2 July 2026
In a related trend, there’s been a surge in adding philosophers and humanities graduates to AI teams, also to keep the technology within the bounds of human needs.
For example, L’Oréal’s Brandstorm program gives young people around the globe access to practitioners and a visible path from competition to early-career opportunity.
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Michael Wright,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
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