# Amanda Askell Amanda Askell is a philosopher and AI researcher at [[Anthropic]], leading the work on Claude's character, values, and alignment at the behavioral level. She is one of the primary voices shaping how Claude "is" — tone, principles, honesty, and how the model navigates ambiguous or sensitive situations. She holds a PhD in philosophy from New York University, with work on ethics, epistemology, and decision theory. Before Anthropic, she was a research scientist at [[OpenAI]], where she worked on policy and AI alignment. Askell writes and speaks about AI ethics and model welfare, and is a widely cited thinker on how philosophy applies to frontier AI development. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Amanda Askell]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Amanda Askell]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Related - [[Anthropic]] - [[Claude]] - [[AI Ethics]] - [[AI Alignment]] - [[AI Safety]] - [[Artificial Intelligence (AI)]] ## References - https://askell.io/ - https://x.com/AmandaAskell