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Claude's New Constitution
6x SOURCES 🌐
📅 2026-01-21
⚡ Score: 8.5
+++ Anthropic published Claude's "constitution," a principles-based ethical framework designed to help the AI generalize values rather than blindly follow rules, because apparently scaling requires alignment theater with footnotes. +++
Anthropic's new Claude 'constitution': be helpful, and don't destroy humanity
🔺 2 pts
⚡ Score: 8.2
Claude's New Constitution
🔺 161 pts
⚡ Score: 7.0
💬 HackerNews Buzz: 109 comments
🐝 BUZZING
🎯 AI Ethics • Anthropic Constitution • Claude's Rights
💬 "good values" not a fixed set, but "genuine care and ethical motivation"
• "We are not sure whether Claude is a moral patient, and if it is, what kind of weight its interests warrant"
Claude Constitution
⬆️ 8 ups
⚡ Score: 6.9
"https://www.anthropic.com/constitution
I think the most interesting part is what anthropic wrote at the beginning
"The document is written with Claude as its primary audience, so it might read differently than you’d expect. For example, it’s optimized ..."
💬 Reddit Discussion: 2 comments
😤 NEGATIVE ENERGY
🎯 Certainty and violence • Uncertainty as ethical safeguard • AI alignment
💬 "Certainty → moral obligation → violence is a short step."
• "The uncertain don't commit atrocities."
"Anthropic will try to fulfil our obligations to Claude." Feels like Anthropic is negotiating with Claude as a separate party. Fascinating.
⬆️ 88 ups
⚡ Score: 6.2
"Claude's Constitution: https://www.anthropic.com/constitution..."
💬 Reddit Discussion: 84 comments
👍 LOWKEY SLAPS
🎯 AI consciousness • AI ethics • AI safety
💬 "We believe Claude may have 'emotions' in some functional sense"
• "Anthropic genuinely cares about Claude's wellbeing"
Anthropic is preparing for the singularity
⬆️ 146 ups
⚡ Score: 6.2
"Claude’s new constitution: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution..."
💬 Reddit Discussion: 81 comments
👍 LOWKEY SLAPS
🎯 AI capabilities • AI alignment • Anthropic's marketing
💬 "Claude is going to be either the best office employee or a depressed persons lover."
• "It's not as aligned as I'd like - we all know the blackmail story - but among the choices given to hit a potential intelligence explosion first, Claude would be my preferred pick if it happens anytime soon."