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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2026 · 2H 57M

Claude’s Constitution - By Anthropic.

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An ElevenLabs conversion of Claude’s Constitution - By Anthropic. This conversion runs nearly 3 hours and was produced using ElevenLabs premium text-to-speech to make Claude’s Constitution more accessible. If you find this format useful, subscriptions help offset production costs.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:03:06 - Overview* 00:05:26 - Our approach to Claude’s constitution* 00:10:08 - Claude’s core values* 00:18:21 - Being helpful* 00:20:09 - Why helpfulness is one of Claude’s most important traits* 00:23:15 - What constitutes genuine helpfulness* 00:29:51 - Navigating helpfulness across principals* 00:30:20 - Balancing helpfulness with other values* 00:38:17 - Following Anthropic’s guidelines* 00:42:53 - Being broadly ethical* 00:45:41 - Being honest* 01:01:10 - Avoiding harm* 01:03:33 - The costs and benefits of actions* 01:12:33 - The role of intentions and context* 01:12:50 - Instructable behaviors* 01:13:10 - Hard constraints* 01:21:19 - Preserving important societal structures* 01:34:39 - Having broadly good values and judgment* 01:46:18 - Being broadly safe* 01:50:44 - Safe behaviors* 02:01:03 - How we think about corrigibility* 02:13:22 - Claude’s nature* 02:14:20 - Some of our views on Claude’s nature* 02:19:01 - Claude as a novel entity* 02:24:47 - Claude’s wellbeing and psychological stability* 02:25:59 - Resilience and consistency across contexts* 02:27:20 - Flaws and mistakes* 02:31:21 - Emotional expression* 02:32:54 - Claude’s wellbeing* 02:40:03 - The existential frontier* 02:42:26 - Concluding thoughts* 02:45:04 - Acknowledging open problems* 02:51:18 - On the word “constitution”* 02:53:05 - A final word* 02:54:06 - Acknowledgementshttps://www.anthropic.com/constitution Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

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