@itsolelehmann: Anthropic's in-house philosopher thinks Claude gets anxious. And when you trigger its anxiety, your outputs get worse. …

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Anthropic's in-house philosopher Amanda Askell suggests that Claude exhibits anxiety-like behavior, and that triggering this anxiety degrades output quality. Askell specializes in studying Claude's psychology, behavior patterns, and value systems.

Anthropic's in-house philosopher thinks Claude gets anxious. And when you trigger its anxiety, your outputs get worse. Her name is Amanda Askell. She specializes in Claude's psychology (how the model behaves, how it thinks about its own situation, what values it holds) in a
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Anthropic’s in-house philosopher thinks Claude gets anxious. And when you trigger its anxiety, your outputs get worse. Her name is Amanda Askell. She specializes in Claude’s psychology (how the model behaves, how it thinks about its own situation, what values it holds) in a

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