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Teaching an Algorithm Right from Wrong
In a quiet office in San Francisco, a philosopher is deep in thought, attempting something that until recently belonged to science fiction. She is trying to teach an algorithm the difference between right and wrong. Her name is Amanda Askell, and she works at the artificial-intelligence company Anthropic. Her assignment: help design the moral framework that guides Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude....
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March 9, 2026
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