Amanda Askell
Philosopher / lead on Claude's character and 'constitution' at Anthropic
San Francisco Bay Area
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Co-founders at Anthropic
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Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO
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Daniela AmodeiCo-founder & President
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Tom BrownCo-founder
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Jack ClarkCo-founder & Head of Policy
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Jared KaplanCo-founder & Chief Science Officer
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Chris OlahCo-founder & Interpretability Research Lead
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Sam McCandlishCo-founder & Chief Architect
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Benjamin MannFounder
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- Who is Amanda Askell?
- Philosopher / lead on Claude's character and 'constitution' at Anthropic
- Where does Amanda Askell work?
- Amanda Askell is Philosopher / lead on Claude's character and 'constitution' at Anthropic.
- Where did Amanda Askell go to school?
- Amanda Askell studied at New York University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Philosophy); University of Oxford (BPhil, Philosophy); University of Dundee (MA (Hons), Philosophy).
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Also attended University of Dundee31
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Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicDaniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic
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Also worked at OpenAI174
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