AI Constitution Born: Claude Nears Self Awakening
Anthropic open sources Claude’s 84-page AI Constitution, teaching ethics over rules and sparking debate on machine sentience
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Today, Anthropic attempted to show the world its soul.
Anthropic officially released a special 84-page document—” Claude’s Constitution.”
This document is not a technical white paper or user agreement in the conventional sense, but rather a declaration of values “written” directly for the AI model itself.
In the history of artificial intelligence development, this is a profoundly significant moment.
If previous model training was more like animal taming—using rewards and punishments to reinforce behavior—then the release of “Claude’s Constitution” marks a shift toward “pedagogy”: Anthropic is attempting to build a non-human entity with an independent personality and even a degree of moral consciousness.
Not only is this document open-sourced globally under a Creative Commons (CC0) license, but more importantly, it is positioned as the ultimate authority governing Claude’s behavior.
It not only guides how Claude answers questions, but also defines who it is, how it should view itself, and how it should conduct itself in this uncertain world.
