Google DeepMind: 1 jobs created
Google DeepMind has hired Henry Shevlin, a philosopher from the University of Cambridge, as its first dedicated philosopher focused on machine consciousness, human-AI relationships, and AGI readiness. Shevlin will join the company in May 2024 while maintaining part-time research and teaching roles at Cambridge. The appointment represents a significant move by major AI labs to bring academic philosophers and ethicists directly into their research teams rather than using them as external advisors.
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Henry Shevlin joins Google DeepMind as philosopher for machine consciousness | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub
Henry Shevlin joins Google DeepMind as philosopher for machine consciousness | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub # Google DeepMind hires its first philosopher as machine consciousness moves up the agenda 20 Apr #### Henry Shevlin brings a decade of AI ethics research from the University of Cambridge to one of the world's leading AI labs, as questions around machine consciousness move from academic theory to industry urgency. Henry Shevlin, Associate Director at the Leverhulme Centre f