On: Big AI labs are hiring philosophers

[rawgabbit]

Socrates argued if you believe something is evil and powerful people do evil then by definition they are not "powerful" -- they are just "evil". As a corollary, if you believe something is good and the people who do good happen to be the weakest members of society, by definition, they are "powerful" -- it is society that is messed up.

[simongr3dal → rawgabbit]

Getting the feeling that Socrates had a different definition for "powerful" than most.

[skeledrew → simongr3dal]

Philosophers in general tend to have a different (more profound) definition of things than others do.