AI researcher: Claude is basically an Aristotelian (and so was Aristotle, a looksmaxxer)
granawkins · x · 2026-11-01
Grant Hawkins quotes her own earlier take and declares it "CONFIRMED": Claude's personality is essentially Aristotelian. Its notion of happiness differs a bit from eudaimonia but is arguably better suited to modern society, and it's on a pragmatic quest to figure out how to achieve it. She adds the punchline that Aristotle, today, would be a looksmaxxer.
The attached photo shows a page from The Ethics (Nicomachean Ethics) with an underlined passage arguing that people are blamable only for defects they're responsible for — including uncomeliness caused by neglecting exercise and self-care — serving as tongue-in-cheek evidence for the joke. A classic AI-community bit that treats model personality as both research subject and meme.
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