Anthropic Alignment Lead Amanda Askell Sparks Firestorm Over Remarks on Discrimination
SumitGup · x · 2026-09-14
A viral post quotes Amanda Askell, Anthropic's Head of Personality Alignment, arguing that discrimination against white students "may be desirable" as a way of correcting historical injustice.
The poster highlights that this comes from one of the most prominent figures in AI alignment, framing it as a serious question about the values of those shaping model behavior. Expect renewed debate over alignment ethics and fairness.
More from Companies & People
- Sympathy for Sam Altman: always cleaning up Dean's messes — basedjensen · 2026-09-14
- Diminishing Training Returns Push Frontier AI Labs Toward Monetization Playbook — Individual_Ideal · 2026-09-14
- Sam Altman welcomes federal AI safety framework, says labs shouldn't wait for legislation — imjustnewatai · 2026-09-14
- Hackathon team builds hawker digitalization B2B prototype in a day with OpenAI Astra — gabrielchua · 2026-09-14
- 2022 LessWrong quote resurfaces: implementing a transformer in PyTorch once got you recruited by Redwood — panickssery · 2026-09-14
- Alexandr Wang: Meta spent a year secretly tuning its models for the Muse personal agent — alexandr_wang · 2026-09-14