Amanda Askell
Scottish philosopher at Anthropic who leads work on Claude’s character.
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- Amanda Askell is a Scottish philosopher and AI researcher.
- She joined Anthropic in March 2021 and leads its personality alignment team, which trains Claude’s character.
- Before that she was a research scientist on OpenAI’s policy team from 2018 to 2021.
- She holds a PhD in philosophy from NYU (2018), with a thesis on infinite ethics.
- She appeared on the Time 100 AI list in 2024.
Key facts
- Role
- Leads the personality alignment team at Anthropic (as of 2026)1
- Before
- Research scientist on the policy team at OpenAI, November 2018 to 20211
- Education
- University of Dundee; BPhil in philosophy, University of Oxford; PhD in philosophy, New York University (2018)1
- Thesis
- Pareto Principles in Infinite Ethics1
- Recognition
- Time 100 AI list (2024)1
- Giving
- Member of Giving What We Can, pledged to give at least 10% of lifetime income2
Roles
Part of
- AnthropicOrganization
philosopher; joined as Member of Technical Staff, leads the personality alignment team · since Mar 2021 source on Anthropic
Before
Part of until 2021
OpenAI (research scientist on the policy team) source on OpenAI
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Sources
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