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Why the age of AI is the age of philosophytheendsdontjustifythemeans.substack.com/p/why-the-age-of-ai-is-the-age-of-philosophy
176 sats \ 2 comments \ @Scoresby 18h FiresidePhilosophy
Interesting article (although it could have benefitted from a little pressure to be more concise). She argues that humans have an advantage on AI when it comes to doing philosophy. And because of this:
being good at doing philosophy will be relatively valuable in the Age of AI’s labour market
I did not find it to be a particularly convincing argument. It seems to me that all comes down to free will. If you are convinced humans are free agents, you can argue AI is not. If humans are not free, then we are likely on the same gradient as AI, and not necessarily better at philosophy.
I appreciate the chance to think about it, though.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 13h
I do think that in the age of AI, one of the most important human traits left over is agency: setting goals, charting a course, discerning good outcomes from bad outcomes, and persuading others to share your vision. If those fall under the umbrella of philosophy, then I can see where the author is coming from.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 14h
Lets say we are. But if philosophy is to serve any purpose, there shouldn't be much to do for too long. It's like trying to go deeper than the laws of thermodynamics. It's done already, all what's left is to build on top, and that's not philosophy, that's praxis. If anything, AI should make more valuable the ability to build.
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