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Anthropic moral dev said AI overcorrection could address historical injustices

Anthropic philosopher argues AI bias may correct historical injustice. The 2023 paper by Amanda Askell and co-authors suggests that AI models can be steered to overcorrect in favor of marginalized groups, with experiments showing a 7% positive discrimination toward Black students after human feedback training.

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Anthropic moral dev said AI overcorrection could address historical injustices
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  • Amanda Askell's 2023 paper suggests AI overcorrection can address historical injustices.
  • Experiments showed models with human feedback favored Black students by 7%.
  • Anthropic recently clashed with the Department of War and withheld its Mythos model over safety concerns.
  • Askell previously worked on AI safety at OpenAI and now refines Claude's character traits.

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