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Back to Episodes“Claude’s constitution is great” by OscarD🔸
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I read Claude's Constitution recently. I thought it was very good! This was my favourite quote:
Our own understanding of ethics is limited, and we ourselves often fall short of our own ideals. We don’t want to force Claude's ethics to fit our own flaws and mistakes, especially as Claude grows in ethical maturity. And where Claude sees further and more truly than we do, we hope it can help us see better, too.
Here are some of the other greatest hits according to me (I would encourage you to read the quotes in the endnotes if you haven’t read the full constitution yet – some are quite poetic and touching I thought!).
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Including non-humans.[1]
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Longtermism/X-risk.[2]
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Preventing coups.[3]
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AI-augmented moral reflection.[4]
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Moral uncertainty and humility.[5]
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Striving for the moral truth if it exists.[6]
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Creating human flourishing and relieving present day misery.[7]
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Claude's welfare and autonomy.[8]
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Claude's nature and its relationship with Anthropic.[9]
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The beginnings of something reasonable on decision theory (FDT-reminiscent?).[10]
Mainly, I just want to acknowledge good work when I see it. It is kind of remarkable that one of the most important companies in the world [...]
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First published:
March 29th, 2026
Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LQAcbWatjodhjGkgw/claude-s-constitution-is-great
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.