Anthropic revises Claude's 'Constitution,' and hints at chatbot consciousness
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Key Points:
- Anthropic released a revised version of Claude’s Constitution, a document outlining the ethical principles and operational context guiding its AI chatbot, coinciding with CEO Dario Amodei’s appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- The updated Constitution retains core principles from the original 2023 version but adds more detailed guidance on ethics, user safety, and responsible behavior, emphasizing a self-supervising AI system trained via “Constitutional AI” rather than human feedback.
- Claude’s Constitution centers on four core values: broad safety, broad ethics, compliance with Anthropic’s guidelines, and genuine helpfulness, with specific measures to avoid harmful outputs and guide users to appropriate emergency services when needed.
- The document highlights Claude’s ethical practice in
