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Philosophy graduates have a new career path. Artificial-intelligence labs are hiring them to help build large language models. This isn’t so that you can have a Socratic chin-wag with a machine, but to make
AIs be ethical and safe—something needed not just in chatbots but in autonomous cars and high-tech weapons, too.
And there are
two visions of the Middle East
emerging. If you’re an optimist, America is trying to flesh out its deal with Iran and Israel has signed an agreement with Lebanon. Old enemies are negotiating. The problem, eagle-eyed pessimists might note, is that Iran and America keep trading fire, and Israel continues bombing Lebanon. | 
