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Amanda Askell

Amanda Askell (née Hall; formerly MacAskill; born 1988 or 1989) is a Scottish philosopher and AI researcher. She has served as the head of the personality alignment team at Anthropic since 2021. She has played a large role in the development of Claude's personality and constitution. In 2024, she appeared on the Time 100 AI list. She previously worked at…

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Awards
Time 100 AI (2024)
Education
University of Dundee (MA (Hons), 2009) · University of Oxford (BPhil, 2011) · New York University (PhD, 2018)
Born
Amanda Hall 1988 or 1989 (age 37–38)
Doctoral advisors
Cian Dorr · David Chalmers · Shelly Kagan (Yale)
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Institutions
Anthropic · OpenAI

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Amanda Askell

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Main interests · 5
Amanda Askell → AI alignment, AI safety, decision theory, Ethics, formal epistemology
Doctoral advisors · 3
Amanda Askell → Cian Dorr, David Chalmers, Shelly Kagan (Yale)
Education · 3
Amanda Askell → New York University (PhD, 2018), University of Dundee (MA (Hons), 2009), University of Oxford (BPhil, 2011)
Notable ideas · 3
Amanda Askell → AI personality alignment, Constitutional AI, Infinite ethics
related to External links · 3
Amanda Askell → Askell, Google Scholar, Official
Institutions · 2
Amanda Askell → Anthropic, OpenAI
Awards · 1
Amanda Askell → Time 100 AI (2024)
Born · 1
Amanda Askell → Amanda Hall 1988 or 1989 (age 37–38)
Era · 1
Amanda Askell → Contemporary philosophy
Notable works · 1
Amanda Askell → Constitutional AI framework

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Amanda AskellDoctoral advisorsShelly Kagan (Yale)1.00infobox
Amanda AskellEducationUniversity of Dundee (MA (Hons), 2009)1.00infobox
Amanda AskellEducationUniversity of Oxford (BPhil, 2011)1.00infobox
Amanda AskellEducationNew York University (PhD, 2018)1.00infobox
Amanda AskellEraContemporary philosophy1.00infobox
Amanda AskellInstitutionsAnthropic1.00infobox
Amanda AskellInstitutionsOpenAI1.00infobox
Amanda AskellMain interestsEthics1.00infobox
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Amanda AskellNotable ideasConstitutional AI1.00infobox
Amanda AskellNotable ideasAI personality alignment1.00infobox
Amanda AskellNotable ideasInfinite ethics1.00infobox
Amanda AskellNotable worksConstitutional AI framework1.00infobox
Amanda AskellRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
Amanda AskellSchoolAnalytic1.00infobox
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Amanda AskellThesisPareto Principles in Infinite Ethics (2018)1.00infobox
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