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Anthropic published a new "constitution" for Claude on Wednesday.
It uses language suggesting Claude could one day be conscious.
It's also intended as a framework for building safer AI models.
How should AI be allowed to act in the world? In ethically ambiguous situations, are there some values that AI agents should prioritize over others? Are these agents conscious -- and if not, could they possibly become conscious in the future?
These are just some of the many thorny questions that AI startup Anthropic has set out to address with its new "constitution" for Claude, its flagship AI chatbot.
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Published Wednesday, the document was described in a company blog post as "a holistic document that explains the context in which Claude operates and the kind of entity we would like Claude to be."
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