Dr. Bin Song is referenced in a July 16, 2026, Washington Times article “AI companies paying philosophers $400K? Not so fast, excerpts say“. The piece investigates and downplays sensationalized reports that artificial intelligence companies are paying philosophy graduates up to $400,000 for their ethical expertise. Here is the quotation:

“Bin Song, a philosophy professor at private Washington College in Maryland, noted that undergraduate majors in his discipline have traditionally performed better on law school and graduate admissions exams than other undergraduates.

He said that better prepares them to work with AI as future lawyers and financial analysts, as long as they master leading moral traditions such as Aristotelian virtue ethics, Kantian deontology, consequentialism, Christian ethics, Buddhist ethics and Confucian ethics.

‘Philosophers serve as ethical gatekeepers, helping determine what kinds of information, values, and reasoning should shape AI systems,’ Mr. Song said.”