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Leading AI companies are hiring philosophers to craft constitutional rules that guide AI behaviour. These experts debate between deontological and other ethical frameworks to ensure consistent, principled actions from systems deployed in homes and public spaces.
- Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind have each hired dozens of philosophers to write "constitutions" governing AI behavior, favoring different ethical frameworks (Anthropic's Kantian deontology vs. DeepMind's utilitarian harm-scoring system).
- These philosophers work directly with engineers to convert abstract principles into training data and reward signals, not just theoretical writing.
- OpenAI tracks rule violations per thousand queries, targeting under 0.5 for high-risk categories like medical or legal advice.
- Critics argue these philosophers lack technical expertise and that the resulting AI constitutions still rely on opaque enforcement mechanisms.