Philosopher Amanda Askell Teaches Claude AI Right from Wrong at Anthropic

• Anthropic hires philosopher Amanda Askell to instill ethics and moral compass in its Claude AI.
• Askell's role involves fine-tuning AI alignment, teaching honesty, and developing good character traits in models.
• Her team studies conversational patterns and tests Claude AI's responses to ethically complex scenarios.
• The goal is to make Claude a polite, moral, and helpful assistant, ensuring it doesn't veer into unethical territory.
• This move comes amid growing scrutiny of AI systems and recent controversies involving other chatbots.