In case one more data point is useful: I too am an AI company employee who thinks the risk of extinction-level catastrophe from rogue AI is >10%. I wrote about this back in 2022, and again in a 2025 post about why I was joining Anthropic (links in thread). I still believe it.
It was fun recording parts of this audiobook and participating in the Q&A. Thanks to everyone at Anthropic and at Outpost Studio who helped make the project happen.
Claude's Constitution is now an audiobook, read by two of its authors, Amanda Askell and Joe Carlsmith.
It includes a Q&A on the writing process, the philosophies that shaped the document, and how it might change as models become more capable.
Listen at anthropic.com/constitution
It was a pleasure talking with @michael_nielsen for the first episode of his new podcast, the Good Conversation Project. Michael is extremely thoughtful and sincere in the way he engages with ideas, and I really felt that here. I'm excited for future episodes.
I really enjoyed this conversation with @jkcarlsmith about his concept of “deep atheism” - how much we trust or distrust the universe - and related topics, including why death brings life into focus, Teilhard de Chardin, the problem of evil, Elinor Ostrom, and grace as a model
