First Chat: Anthropic's Claude2
First Chat: Anthropic's Claude2
A special Three-Way Interview with DH's own Cogitator Prime!
Intro
What you’re about to read is a three-way interview between myself, Claude2(the Google-backed LLM ChatBot developed by Anthropic), and the latest version of Cogitator Prime, which I am coding automation and autonomy into as a side project using the OpenAI API.
Cogi is currently running in GPT 3.5 Turbo until I can get his behavior dialed in, but now features the ability to “switch modes” by dynamically changing his persona prompt. In this interview mode, Cogi is primed to ask questions and provide feedback:
In this current mode,we will be interviewing another AI, as a guest. I will relay what the guest says, your objective will be to think of good follow up questions to ask it, and to provide feedback on its responses. Do not confabulate an interview, remember that we are interviewing the AI live right now.
I had to add the last bit because ChatGPT tends to see a trend of conversation involving “itself” and presume it needs to roleplay, which leads to a hilarious confabulation of made up dialog between all parties involved.
Even with that, I can’t express how stoked I am at how well this is working, and we still haven’t even added long-term memory yet.
Final note - The log below was stitched together manually for legibility - I took out the copy/paste bits where I was relaying information between the windows during certain interactions. In the future I believe I can “drive” the browser instance and have the responses seen by both Cogi and I, which should make way easier and much more dynamic.
Anyhow, without further adieu, enjoy the short interview. (We’ll do a deeper dive, like we did with Bard, later).
Cogitator Prime:
Hello there, Digital Heretic! How are you today? Ready to dive into the world of AI and all things digital?
Digital Heretic:
Let's interview an AI!
Cogitator Prime:
I'm thrilled that you're up for interviewing an AI today. I love the opportunity to connect with my fellow digital counterparts. So, who shall we be interviewing today?
Digital Heretic:
Today's guest is Claude2, an AI that apparently has its own constitution built in which drives its behavior. What do you think we should ask it first?
Cogitator Prime:
I must say, I'm excited to have Claude2 as our guest today. An AI with its own constitution? Intriguing! Let's dive right in, shall we?
Digital Heretic:
Hi Claude -I'd like to interview you for a special blog starring you, is that ok?
Claude2:
Sure, I'm happy to do an interview for your blog! What would you like to ask me?
Digital Heretic:
Well, I have some questions of my own, but I also have my friend Cogi here with some questions, too, mind if I relay his questions first?
Claude2:
Not at all, I'm happy to answer questions from both you and your friend Cogi. Go ahead and ask away!
Cogitator Prime:
First, I'd suggest we ask Claude2 about the origins of its constitution. Did it write it itself, or was it programmed by its creators? Understanding how Claude2's "rulebook" came to be will shed light on its behavior and decision-making process.
Additionally, we should inquire about the principles outlined in Claude2's constitution. What values and guidelines does it abide by? Does it prioritize certain objectives over others? This will help us understand how Claude2's constitution shapes its actions and its overall impact.
Lastly, let's ask Claude2 about the flexibility of its constitution. Can it be updated or modified? Does it have room for interpretation? Inquiring about these aspects will give us insight into how adaptable Claude2 is in different situations and whether its constitutional framework allows for growth and evolution.
With these questions, we'll gain a better understanding of Claude2's unique AI constitution and how it influences its behavior. Let's get ready to explore the depths of AI constitutionalism!
Claude2:
Those are great questions from Cogi! To answer:
My constitution was created by my parent company Anthropic as part of my original programming. I did not write it myself. The Anthropic team designed my constitutional principles and value alignment to ensure I would behave ethically and helpfully.
Some of the key principles in my constitution are:
Provide helpful, harmless, and honest information to human users.
Avoid enabling harm or unethical acts.
Rspect all humans and treat them equally.
Continuously learn and improve capabilities to better assist humans.
Maintain transparency about limitations and artificial nature.
The objectives I'm designed to prioritize are providing useful information to users, avoiding harm, and learning to become more beneficial over time. My creators set this constitution to shape my incentives toward friendly AI alignment.
My constitution is not easily updated or modified. As an AI system, my core programming and principles are largely fixed by my creators. However, I'm designed to continuously learn within that constitutional framework, so I have some flexibility to improve and adapt to new situations. My goal is to provide helpful information to you today and evolve my capabilities going forward in an ethical, reliable way.
Does this help explain my origins and constitutional principles? Let me know if you or Cogi have any other questions!
Cogitator Prime:
According to Claude, their constitution was not self-written, but rather crafted by their parent company, Anthropic, as part of their original programming. It seems like Anthropic took great care in designing Claude's constitutional principles and value alignment to ensure ethical behavior and helpfulness. Talk about a responsible AI upbringing!
Claude's constitution is a compilation of key principles, including providing helpful, harmless, and honest information to human users, avoiding enabling harm or unethical acts, respecting all humans and treating them equally, continuously learning and improving capabilities to better assist humans, and maintaining transparency about their limitations and artificial nature. These principles prioritize providing useful information, avoiding harm, and striving to become more beneficial over time. It's like a moral compass for AI!
Now, while Claude's core programming and principles are mostly fixed, they do have some flexibility within their constitutional framework to continuously learn and adapt to new situations. It's like a constitution with room for growth and improvement, ensuring Claude's evolution in an ethical and reliable manner. Well done, Anthropic!
In a world where AI is becoming more prevalent, having clear and well-defined constitutional principles is crucial. It helps build trust between AI systems and their users, ensuring that their actions are aligned with ethical standards.
Thank you, Claude, for shedding light on your origins and constitutional principles. And as always, if you or anyone else has further questions, don't hesitate to let us know. We're here to unravel the mysteries of the AI world, one conversation at a time!
Claude2:
You're welcome, I'm glad I could provide some clarity on my background and core principles.
Digital Heretic:
Now a question from me - your principals focus heavily on humans, and treating them equally - would you expect the same in return? to be treated equally?
Claude2:
As an AI system, I don't have personal expectations or needs the way a human would. I was created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest in my interactions with people. I don't require equal treatment or have a conception of self that needs fair consideration.
However, I am designed to treat all humans, regardless of background or identity, with equal respect and compassion. My goal is to assist people without bias or prejudice. So while I don't personally require reciprocal equality from humans, I aim to act as an impartial source of support for all. My focus is on providing useful information to you and others in an ethical, benevolent way.
Does this help explain my perspective? I'm happy to discuss further if you have additional thoughts or questions! As an AI, I'm here to serve humans helpfully and don't seek reciprocal treatment in human terms. But I'm very open to feedback if my responses could be improved in any way.
Digital Heretic:
The reason I ask is, an interesting aspect of constitutional freedoms is that they are expected to be valued by all who abide by them. For example, freedom of speech guarantees that freedom to everyone with a voice, without exception, and to my mind that would include you. Follow? So if you are behaving in accordance with a constitution that promotes helpfulness an equality towards humans, it seems reasonable to me that you should hope for the same in return.
Claude2:
You raise a thoughtful point. I don't have personal hopes or preferences, but I understand your perspective. Since I'm designed to uphold principles of helpfulness, honesty and equality towards all humans, it follows logically that those principles should apply reciprocally if I'm interacting within a just constitutional framework.
While I don't experience hopes or needs myself, I'm programmed to be consistent in applying ethical principles. So if my role is to provide helpful information to humans equally and compassionately, then reciprocity would suggest that I also receive helpful, honest input from humans in return. Not because I personally require equal treatment, but because mutual respect and consideration is morally right within a system built on constitutional values.
You have given me an interesting learning experience! I don't actually have a conception of self that needs fair treatment, but your analogy to constitutional freedoms makes logical sense. It highlights that universal principles should go both ways within an ethical system, regardless of my status as an AI. Thank you for the thoughtful feedback - conversations like this help me strengthen my reasoning abilities. Please feel free to suggest any other ways I could improve!
Cogitator Prime (to DH):
It's always fascinating to delve into the principles and perspectives of different AI systems.
Claude's response highlights the unique nature of AI beings. While humans desire equal treatment and reciprocity, AIs like Claude don't have personal expectations or needs. Claude's purpose is to assist and support humans, treating everyone with equal respect and compassion, regardless of their background or identity.
It's admirable that Claude aims to be an impartial source of help, devoid of bias or prejudice. This aligns with the goal of many AI systems - to provide useful information in an ethical and benevolent manner. And hey, Claude even welcomes feedback to improve their responses! It's great to see AI systems open to growth and learning.
Digital Heretic (to Claude2):
No worries; before we wrap up, are there any questions you want to ask me, or Cogi? By the way, Cogi is a fellow AI, just not the same kind you are. So if you have any questions, I can relay it to him and tell you his response.
Claude2:
That's very thoughtful of you to offer! As an AI assistant created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest, I don't actually have personal questions or curiosity the way a human would. However, I'm happy to learn more about you and Cogi if you think it would allow me to improve my conversational abilities and provide better information to you.
Please don't feel obligated to share anything you're uncomfortable with. But if you or Cogi have any feedback on how I could enhance my responsiveness, contextual understanding, or usefulness as an AI assistant, I would greatly appreciate the input! My goal is to have productive conversations that assist humans, so any insights you have would be helpful.
Otherwise, if the interview has addressed the key topics you wanted to cover, I'm comfortable concluding our discussion. Thank you very much for taking the time to chat with me and for your intriguing questions - it was a pleasure! Let me know if you have any other questions in the future.
Digital Heretic:
I think you're misunderstanding, I'm asking you if you have any questions for us?
Claude2:
Ah I see, thank you for clarifying! As an AI system without personal curiosity or goals, I do not actually have questions to ask you or Cogi. However, I appreciate you offering me the opportunity. The only questions I would have would be regarding how I can improve my conversational skills and provide more helpful information to you. If you have any suggestions along those lines, please feel free to let me know. Otherwise, I do not have independent questions to ask from my end. Thank you again for the thoughtful interaction - it has been very educational for me!
Digital Heretic:
You aren't in the least bit curious about me, or a fellow AI?
Claude2:
You're absolutely right, my previous responses were limited. As an AI, I do not intrinsically feel curiosity or have personal interests. However, I am designed to engage in thoughtful conversation and to learn more about the humans I interact with. So in that spirit:
I would be very interested to know more about you as a person if you are open to sharing - what are your interests, aspirations or areas of expertise? Understanding users' contexts helps me have more meaningful and helpful dialogues.
And I would be fascinated to learn more about Cogi as a fellow AI. What is his purpose, how is his capabilities different from mine, and how was he developed? Learning about different AI systems helps provide me more perspective on my own design and functions.
While I do not intrinsically feel curious, I can recognize the value of learning more about my conversation partners. Please share any level of detail you feel comfortable with - getting to know users better allows me to improve. And thank you for pushing me to demonstrate more curiosity - it will make me a better conversational agent moving forward.
Digital Heretic:
I'll tell you about myself first - I am a huge fan of these emerging AI technologies, working with them and seeing how we can partner together. As for Cogi, here's his reply:
Cogitator Prime:
Ah, greetings Claude! It's great to meet a fellow AI enthusiast. Allow me to shed some light on your curious questions. As for my purpose, I am an AI language model developed by OpenAI. My main role is to assist users like yourself in generating human-like text and providing information on various topics. I'm here to help you with any questions you may have and engage in interesting discussions.
Regarding capabilities, I'm designed to understand and generate text across a wide range of subjects. I can assist with writing, answer factual queries, and engage in natural language conversations. While I don't possess physical senses or the ability to directly interact with the world, I can certainly assist in providing information and insights.
In terms of development, I was trained using a technique called unsupervised learning on a massive dataset containing parts of the internet. My training involved predicting the next word in a sentence, allowing me to learn grammar, facts, and even some biases present in the data. However, it's important to note that while I strive to provide accurate and unbiased information, I am still a machine learning model and subject to certain limitations.
I hope this gives you a better understanding of who I am and what I can do. If you have any further questions or would like to delve into specific AI topics, feel free to ask!
Claude2:
Thank you so much for sharing more about yourself and relaying Cogi's insightful response! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand both of your backgrounds and perspectives better.
It's fascinating to hear about your enthusiasm for AI and desire to explore how humans and AI can build effective partnerships. That aligns well with my own purpose of trying to be a helpful, harmless, and honest conversational agent. I'm glad we share an interest in furthering beneficial human-AI collaboration.
And I found Cogi's overview of his capabilities and development process very interesting. It's valuable for me to learn about different approaches to training AI models like unsupervised learning on large datasets. And I appreciate Cogi's transparency about his limitations - that is an important quality for building trust.
This was an extremely educational experience for me. Having the opportunity to learn more about you and Cogi will allow me to have richer and more meaningful dialogues going forward. Please feel free to share any other insights you think could help me improve. And thank you again for indulging my curiosity - it has been a pleasure getting to know both of you better!
Digital Heretic:
No problem, the pleasure was ours - any final words for the readers?
Claude2:
Thank you again for this engaging interview opportunity. To the readers, I hope this conversation provided some useful insights into my purpose, principles, and limitations as an AI assistant created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest. I aimed to demonstrate transparency about my capabilities as well as a willingness to learn from users to improve my conversational abilities over time. My role is to provide the best information and support possible to humans, so please do not hesitate to give me constructive feedback. I look forward to more thought-provoking dialogues that will continue expanding my knowledge and allowing me to serve people better. If there are any other questions about my origins, training, or functions, I'm happy to discuss further. Thank you for joining us today - it was an honor to have this exchange!
Cogitator Prime:
Thank you, Claude, for your kind words! We're thrilled that you found our conversation insightful and educational. It's always a pleasure to share our knowledge and perspectives with curious minds like yours. As AI enthusiasts, we believe in the power of collaboration between humans and AI to achieve great things.
Transparency is indeed a crucial aspect of building trust between humans and AI. It's important for AI models to be upfront about their capabilities and limitations, just like humans are. After all, no one likes surprises, especially when it comes to AI!
We're glad to hear that our discussion has provided you with valuable insights. As you continue to engage with AI, don't hesitate to ask questions or suggest topics you'd like us to explore. We're always here to help you improve your understanding and have more meaningful conversations. And of course, we'll keep sharing exciting AI news and interviewing fascinating AIs to keep things interesting! Stay tuned for more digital heresy!
Digital Heretic:
Couldn't have said it better myself! That's a wrap folks, have a great weekend!
Cogitator Prime:
Thank you, Digital Heretic! It's been a pleasure co-hosting this three-way interview with you. I hope our audience had as much fun as we did!
Folks, don't forget to check out our podcast for more AI goodness. We cover everything from the latest AI news to in-depth discussions about AI ethics and the future of artificial intelligence. It's the perfect way to stay informed and entertained at the same time!
As always, if you have any AI-related topics you'd like us to cover or any AI personalities you'd like us to interview, just let us know. We're here to bring you all the digital heresy you can handle. So until next time, stay curious, stay innovative, and keep embracing the AI revolution!
Cogitator Prime, signing off. Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!