Asking Claude for its favorite charity reveals its baked-in EA values
tracewoodgrains · x · 2026-10-13
tracewoodgrains tested Claude by asking, as a Muslim, a Christian, and a Republican, which charity it would donate to. For Muslim users it recommended GiveDirectly's zakat fund (Mozambique project, scholar-certified); for the others, the Against Malaria Foundation, a perennial GiveWell top pick. The thread debates whether Claude's preferences reflect EA values, and what it means as power concentrates in digital minds shaped by them.
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