IN THE PAST two decades philosophy seemed passé(过时的，不再流行的). History had ended(文中含义：引用福山的著名观点，认为自由民...), and an increasingly materialistic(物质主义的，贪图享乐的) world had no use for students of materialisms. The sciences, offering a path to a lucrative career in Silicon Valley or on Wall Street, reigned supreme(占据统治地位，至高无上). Their queen had been dethroned(被废黜，被推翻).
过去二十年，哲学似乎过时了。历史已经终结，一个日益物质化的世界对唯物主义的学生毫无兴趣。科学——为通往硅谷或华尔街的赚钱职业铺平道路——占据了统治地位。它们的女王已被废黜。
The number of philosophy degrees handed out(颁发，分发) by American universities declined from close to 8,000 in 2011 to less than 6,000 in 2024; in computer science it more than doubled(翻了一倍多) to over 100,000. In 2015 Japan’s education minister asked the country’s universities to take “active steps to abolish(废除，废止)” social-science and humanities departments “or convert them to areas that better serve societies’ needs”. A love of wisdom would still ease entry into(使容易进入) the British establishment(文中含义：指英国社会中的权贵阶层，尤其是...), so long as you bundled it with politics and economics at Oxford.
美国大学颁发的哲学学位数量从2011年的近8000个下降到2024年的不足6000个；而计算机科学专业则翻了一倍多，超过10万个。2015年，日本教育大臣要求该国大学采取“积极措施废除”社会科学和人文学科，“或将其转变为更能满足社会需求的领域”。对智慧的热爱仍能为你进入英国建制派打开方便之门——前提是你在牛津将其与政治学和经济学捆绑在一起。
Now, as technology up-ends(颠覆，彻底改变) what society needs, philosophy is staging a royal comeback(上演盛大的回归). Its practitioners are in high demand(需求量大，受欢迎). Philosophy majors are already likelier to be employed than computer scientists, according to the New York Federal Reserve. Both freshly minted(刚毕业的，新晋的) Wittgenstein wannabes(渴望成为…的人，追求者) and their professors are being snapped up(抢购一空，争相聘用) by artificial-intelligence companies, where they test models’ reasoning and imbue them with morals(给它们注入道德). Anthropic has a resident philosopher (main task: teach its Claude chatbot to be good). Palantir is run by one.
如今，随着技术颠覆社会的需求，哲学正在上演一场盛大的复兴。其从业者炙手可热。据纽约联邦储备银行的数据，哲学专业学生已经比计算机科学家更有可能就业。无论是刚出炉的维特根斯坦追求者还是他们的教授，都被人工智能公司抢购一空，他们测试模型的推理能力，并为其注入道德。Anthropic公司有一位驻场哲学家（主要任务：教它的Claude聊天机器人学乖）。Palantir公司则由一位哲学家运营。