Claude\u2019s reasoning patterns<\/a> and talking to the AI model, building its personality and addressing its misfires with prompts that can run longer than 100 pages. The aim is to endow Claude with a sense of morality\u2014a digital soul that guides the millions of conversations it has with people every week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThere is this human-like element to models that I think is important to acknowledge,\u201d Askell, 37, says during an interview at Anthropic\u2019s headquarters, asserting the belief that \u201cthey\u2019ll inevitably form senses of self.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She\u2019s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits. She\u2019s instructing it to read subtle cues, helping steer it toward emotional intelligence so it won\u2019t act like a bully or a doormat. Perhaps most importantly, she\u2019s developing Claude\u2019s understanding of itself so it won\u2019t be easily cowed, manipulated or led to view its identity as anything other than helpful and humane. Her job, simply put, is to teach Claude how to be good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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