Anthropic’s philosopher answers your questions

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Amanda, you asked your followers on Twitter to give you some questions, to ask you anything, and the joke obviously was Askell me anything.
Yeah, it’s a great pun. We need to keep using it for many future things.
I love it, love it. And obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be, like, good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly focus on the character of Claude, how Claude behaves, and I guess some of the more kind of nuanced questions about how AI models should behave, but also even just things like how should they feel about their own position in the world. So trying to both teach models how to be good in the way that, I sometimes think of it as like how would the ideal person behave in Claude’s situation? But also, obviously, just before we start, you’re a philosopher at Anthropic. Why is it that there’s a philosopher at Anthropic?
I mean, some of this is just, I’m a philosopher by training, I became convinced that AI was kind of going to be a big deal, and so decided to see, hey, can I do anything, like, helpful in this space? And so it’s been a kind of like long and wandering route. But I guess now I mostly

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