Philosophy majors are landing lucrative roles shaping AI, but their real influence is still up for debate. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images AI labs are recruiting philosophers to shape how chatbots think and behave. The idea is to train AI to essentially be good and align with human values. But critics warn that some of these hires may be more about optics than influence. For years, philosophy majors were the butt of jokes about unemployable degrees . Now, some of them are being recruited by the world's most powerful AI companies to help shape how machines think and behave — with six-figure salary packages. As AI systems become more powerful and more embedded in everyday life, companies are increasingly grappling with questions around how these systems should behave, what values they reflect, and how much they can be trusted. That's creating a niche but growing demand for people trained to think through those problems, including philosophers.…