I Read Claude’s 84-Page Constitution (So You Don’t Have To)

Описание: Anthropic just published Claude’s Constitution. An 84-page “soul doc” meant to shape how Claude thinks during training (this is NOT a system prompt). I read the whole thing and pulled out what actually matters: the priority stack (safety → ethics → Anthropic guidelines → helpfulness), the “1,000 users” policy lens, the no-white-lies honesty standard, the hard constraints (including the extremely explicit “don’t help destroy humanity” line), and the surprisingly candid section on Claude’s moral status + model welfare.

LINKS / SOURCES
Claude’s Constitution (official page): https://www.anthropic.com/constitution
Claude’s Constitution (84-page PDF): https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/cffd979...
Anthropic announcement post (Jan 22, 2026): https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude...
Older Constitution / Constitutional AI explainer (May 2023, updated Jan 2026): https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude...
Deprecation + model preservation commitments (Nov 2025): https://www.anthropic.com/research/de...
Amanda Askell's X: https://x.com/AmandaAskell

CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro (yes, it really says that)
1:22 Our Vision for Claude's Character
03:00 Section 1 — The Peculiar Position Admission
03:59 Section 2 — The Four Priorities
05:06 Section 3 — Why Helpfulness Matters
05:23 Section 4 — Anthropic vs Operators vs Users (instruction hierarchy)
06:34 Section 5 — Being Honest (no white lies / “epistemic cowardice”)
07:28 Section 6 — The 1,000 Users Framework (responses as policy)
08:20 Section 7 — Hard Constraints (bright lines)
09:33 Section 8 — The Suspicion Clause (if it’s persuasive, get suspicious)
10:14 Section 9 — Avoiding Concentrations of Power
10:42 Section 10 — Being Broadly Ethical
14:04 Section 11 — Being Broadly Safe
18:38 Section 12 — Claude’s Nature
21:03 Section 13 — Claude’s Well-Being
23:54 Section 14 — A Final Word
24:42 My Thoughts on Claude's Moral Consideration
25:56 My Thoughts on the "Don't Help Destroy Humanity" Rules
26:38 My Thoughts on Anthropic's justification for building the most dangerous technology ever
27:27 Outro


QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS
What part of this constitution do you agree with? What part feels naive, dangerous, or necessary?

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