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There's a Reason the Best AI Companies Hire Philosophy Majors (And It's Not What You Think)

While everyone's obsessing over coding bootcamps and data science degrees, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind are quietly recruiting philosophy majors. The reason will change how you think about AI development forever.

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Here's a little article I wrote, which was just published in the ABA Minority Trial Lawyer Newsletter. Enjoy!

The ground lost in law-firm diversity and minority hiring over the recession is by now well publicized. As the Am Law Daily reported, between 2008 and 2009, big firms lost 6 percent of all attorneys and 9 percent of their minority attorneys. Overall, in 2009, law-firm diversity actually dropped for the first time in the decade that the American Lawyer has tracked the numbers. The most recent data from the Am Law Daily Diversity Scorecard indicates that diversity regained some ground in 2010, with big firms increasing their percentage of minority attorneys to 13.9 percent, up 0.2 percent. While most observers felt great relief over the improvement in 2010, the gain was undoubtedly small, and, until we see numbers for 2011, it is premature to call it a trend. Moreover, as clients and law firms watch the economic downturn in Europe unfold and brace for any negative impact on U.S. markets, it remains to be seen whether law firms can sustain whatever diversity initiatives led to the 2010 rebound in diversity numbers.

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