Meet Amanda Askell: The philosopher helping Anthropic teach AI to behave
By
Binu Mathew
When people think about artificial intelligence, they usually imagine engineers or programmers building complex systems. But at Anthropic, one of the important people shaping how AI behaves is actually a philosopher. Amanda Askell is helping teach AI systems how to respond to people in a responsible and ethical way.
A Philosopher working with AI
Amanda Askell is a philosopher and AI researcher who works at Anthropic. She leads a team that focuses on how the company’s AI chatbot, Claude, interacts with users.
