The Philosopher Whose Job Is Teaching AI to Be Good

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As Anthropic’s resident philosopher Amanda Askell spends her days trying to help AI understand morality. WSJ’s Berber Jin joins us to discuss how she’s doing it. Plus, WSJ’s Belle Lin sits down with personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen to talk about how home batteries could be a better alternative to gas generators during a power outage. Isabelle Bousquette hosts.Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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