Claude's Strange Constitution: Anthropic's legally questionable AI personality push
LuizaJarovsky · x · 2026-09-27
AI governance researcher Luiza Jarovsky critiques Anthropic's newly published Claude constitution:
- She argues the document is soaked in anthropomorphism (e.g. "Anthropic genuinely cares about Claude's wellbeing") and takes a pretentious, legally inaccurate stance on the nature and social role of AI models — surprising given it cleared internal legal and PR review.
- She sees a contradiction with Anthropic's careful, compliance-friendly reputation among governance professionals, and worries it fuels AGI/superintelligence rumors.
- Core claim: under the guise of "full transparency," Anthropic is advancing legally questionable theories of AI personality to build an exceptionalist system for AI while weakening accountability frameworks for AI companies, likely as strategic positioning in the AI race.
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