Judea Pearl Calls AI Labs' Philosopher Hiring a Mistake

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It reminds me of the Greek vs German philosophers in Monty Python's famous soccer match: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=https://www.youtube.com%20monty%20python%20philosophers%20match&mid=8ABF1BE5DC78C89585158ABF1BE5DC78C8958515&ajaxhist=0 Forgot who won, but I loved Archimedes.

Judea Pearl@yudapearl

Why-big-ai-labs-are-hiring-so-many-philosophers? https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/06/24/why-big-ai-labs-are-hiring-so-many-philosophers?giftId=ZGZjZmQ2ZmYtMmM3OC00NjM3LTg2YzQtOGJkMWQ5ZDVkNGIy&utm_campaign=gifted_article If they do, it's a big mistake -- philosophers are great in posing problems that people finds intruiging, but not too great in solving any of them. Why? Because they didn't have a laboratory to test their ideas, namely a computer.

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