Philosophy (among other things) grad here. I could write a whole essay about this video, and mostly the reactions to it. People are dunking …

Philosophy (among other things) grad here. I could write a whole essay about this video, and mostly the reactions to it. People are dunking on her because of what she symbolises more than what she says. Long story short, saying models can be anxious is not retarded. It’s somewhat consistent with the realist tradition in philosophy, and a fairly uncontroversial definition of what "being anxious" means. It’s not too far from saying electrons are real, or talking about gliders in the game of life. 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 recen…

Source: Jeremy Howard (X) | 2026-04-20