Monthly Archives: January 2026

On The Adolescence of Technology

Posted on January 30, 2026 by TheZvi

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is back with another extended essay, The Adolescence of Technology. This is the follow up to his previous essay Machines of Loving Grace. In MoLG, Dario talked about some of the upsides of AI. Here he … Continue reading →

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AI #153: Living Documents

Posted on January 29, 2026 by TheZvi

This was Anthropic Vision week where at DWATV, which caused things to fall a bit behind on other fronts even within AI. Several topics are getting pushed forward, as the Christmas lull appears to be over. Upcoming schedule: Friday will … Continue reading →

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Open Problems With Claude’s Constitution

Posted on January 28, 2026 by TheZvi

The first post in this series looked at the structure of Claude’s Constitution. The second post in this series looked at its ethical framework. This final post deals with conflicts and open problems, starting with the first question one asks … Continue reading →

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The Claude Constitution’s Ethical Framework

Posted on January 27, 2026 by TheZvi

This is the second part of my three part series on the Claude Constitution. Part one outlined the structure of the Constitution. Part two, this post, covers the virtue ethics framework that is at the center of it all, and … Continue reading →

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Claude’s Constitutional Structure

Posted on January 26, 2026 by TheZvi

Claude’s Constitution is an extraordinary document, and will be this week’s focus. Its aim is nothing less than helping humanity transition to a world of powerful AI (also known variously as AGI, transformative AI, superintelligence or my current name of … Continue reading →

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Dating Roundup #11: Going Too Meta

Posted on January 23, 2026 by TheZvi

If there’s several things this blog endorses, one of them would be going meta. It’s time. The big picture awaits. You’re Single Because You Live In The Wrong Place The most important meta question is location, location, location. This is … Continue reading →

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AI #152: Brought To You By The Torment Nexus

Posted on January 22, 2026 by TheZvi

Anthropic released a new constitution for Claude. I encourage those interested to read the document, either in whole or in part. I intend to cover it on its own soon. There was also actual talk about coordinating on a conditional … Continue reading →

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Claude Codes #3

Posted on January 21, 2026 by TheZvi

We’re back with all the Claude that’s fit to Code. I continue to have great fun with it and find useful upgrades, but the biggest reminder is that you need the art to have an end other than itself. Don’t … Continue reading →

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ChatGPT Self Portrait

Posted on January 20, 2026 by TheZvi

A short fun one today, so we have a reference point for this later. This post was going around my parts of Twitter: @gmltony: Go to your ChatGPT and send this prompt: “Create an image of how I treat you”. … Continue reading →

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Medical Roundup #6

Posted on January 19, 2026 by TheZvi

The main thing to know this time around is that the whole crazy ‘what is causing the rise in autism?’ debacle is over actual nothing. There is no rise in autism. There is only a rise in the diagnosis of … Continue reading →

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