[redelbee]

So we’re back to the idea that only philosopher kings can shape and rule the ideal world? Plato would be proud!

Jests aside, I love the idea of incorporating an all encompassing AI philosophy built up from the rich history of thinking, wisdom, and texts that already exist. I’m no expert, but I don’t see how this would even be possible. Could you train some LLM exclusively on philosophical works, then prompt it to create a new perfect philosophy that it will then use to direct its “life” from then on? I can’t imagine that would work in any way. It would certainly be entertaining to see the results, however.

That said, AI companies would likely all benefit from a team of philosophers on staff. I imagine most companies would. Thinking deeply and critically has been proven to be enormously valuable to humankind, but it seems to be of dubious value to capital and those who live and die by it.

The fact that the majority of deep thinking and deep work of our time serves mainly to feed the endless growth of capital - instead of the well-being of humankind - is the great tragedy of our time.

[Hammershaft]

> The fact that the majority of deep thinking and deep work of our time serves mainly to feed the endless growth of capital - instead of the well-being of humankind - is the great tragedy of our time.

I'm not blind to when this goes horribly wrong, or when needs go unaddressed because they aren't profitable, but most of the time these interests are unintentionally well aligned.

[alganet]

There is a lot of this "philosopher king" stuff. Prophets, ubermenchs, tlatoanis. It seems foreign to the concept of philosophy. As I see it, this comes more from the lineage of arts than the lineage of thinkers (it's not a critic, just an observation).

I think this is very obvious and both artists and philosophers understand it.

I'm worried about the mercantilist guild. They don't seem to get the message. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't really know much about what they think. Their actions show disgerard for the other two guilds.

[XorNot]

What's the philosophy department at the local steel fabricator contributing exactly?

[apsurd]

To ponder whether there's any value in doing anything beyond maximizing steel fabrication output.

if it's absurd to you to think that a steel fabrication company should care about anything other than fabricating more steel, well that's your philosophy.

there are other philosophies.