{"slug": "why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic", "title": "Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic", "summary": "Philosopher and author of 'The Alignment Problem', Brian Christian, turned down a job offer from AI company Anthropic, arguing that the industry is asking the wrong questions when it courts humanities experts. Christian said the focus should be on whether AI systems should be built at all, not just how to align them with human values.", "body_md": "# Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)The AI industry is courting the humanities, but it is asking the wrong questions\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic-o6z9", "published_at": "2026-07-25 04:00:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 06:28:35.112456+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Brian Christian", "Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-this-philosopher-turned-down-anthropic.jsonld"}}