Artificial Intelligence

As someone who uses AI tools and robotics systems literally every single day, I don’t really care that much about “ethics.” I just want the AI to do exactly what I tell it to do, quickly and without refusing or lecturing me. So when it comes whether or not Google’s AI Principles and Anthropic’s Constitution for Claude are just window dressing, here’s my honest take.

Google’s principles still feel pretty aspirational and vague to me. They sound nice, but the company has already adjusted or walked back parts of them when business needs pushed harder.

Anthropic’s Constitution for Claude is different. I actually believe they are working hard to adhere to what they state in it, even if they bend those rules as far as they possibly can. The document is insanely long, and they’ve baked real constraints directly into how they train the model. That feels more serious and genuine than most.

Still, none of that changes what matters most to me: as long as the AI is useful, obedient, and gives me the results I need for whatever I may be working on, I’m happy. The fancy ethics documents are cool and important for the future of the AI industry, but I mainly care that the tools actually work for me in the moment.