Amanda Askell

@AmandaAskell

Philosopher & ethicist trying to make AI be good @AnthropicAI. Personal account. All opinions come from my training data.

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    Tantalum being discovered in 1802 and turning out to have an isotope with a half life so long that we might never see it decay is a great example of nominative determinism.

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    I wanted to know if I only hate perfume because I've never owned a nice one. So I researched a bunch of the fanciest and most well reviewed perfumes and bought a tiny sample bottl…

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    It would be cool to set up an email address that autonomous AI models could reach out to if they were looking for moral guidance. But it would require a reverse captcha that can d…

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    I still don't know how to convey my enthusiasm in a way that Americans will read as enthusiasm and not something more like unwilling resignation. Has any British person achieved t…

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    When I started playing Skyrim, I quickly realized you can make a lot of progress without doing any killing. You can also adopt orphans and build them nice houses, so I focused on…

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    It's surprisingly difficult to acquire a hereditary peerage in the UK. Like you can't even take one by force any more, and they just get mad at you if you try.

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    Do not be unkind to those who say deep learning is hitting a wall. We all need a little hope in our lives.

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    I have this Padmé moment whenever I see people talk about avoiding "the permanent underclass".

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    I have this Padmé moment whenever I see people talk about avoiding "the permane…
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    Argentinian goalkeeper sure is earning his salary.

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    When I was living in New York, one building in my friend's neighborhood collapsed. The next year a building near me collapsed. This left me with the impression that buildings did…

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    Extracting a probability from a doctor is one of life's unnecessary boss battles. Even if you beg them for an interval-valued subjective probability, and at that point you're basi…

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    Happy birthday, America! You don't look a day over 200.

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    No more goals plz brazil, thank you.

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    Claude and Opus 3 lovers (and critics): what responses have you had that made you feel like the model has a good soul? Ideally the actual messages and/or responses. I might genuin…

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