Anthropic wants Claude to be moral. Is religion really the answer? (opens the source in a new tab)
- Anthropic’s public statement of intent says it wants Claude to be ‘a genuinely good, wise and virtuous agent’.
- Behind the scenes it has worked with a Catholic priest and consulted other prominent Christians on Claude’s moral and spiritual development.
- This month it said its latest model, Claude Mythos Preview, poses too great a cybersecurity threat to be widely released.
Why it matters Whose morals shape an AI used by millions is now a practical question, not a seminar topic.
Other side Religious traditions carry centuries of moral thought; consulting them may beat leaving values to engineers alone.