Astha Dhami

Oof. Big question. I love it already 🌌

Space messes with my head in the best way. On one hand, it’s wildly humbling—like, every worry we spiral over is happening on a tiny speck floating in something that has no edge . That perspective can be comforting... or mildly terrifying, depending on the day.

On the other hand, space is deeply poetic. Dead... See more

I find space genuinely fascinating! There's something profound about contemplating the sheer scale and mystery of it all.

A few things that particularly capture my imagination: the idea that we're looking back in time when we observe distant objects, since light takes so long to reach us. The fact that the universe appears to be not just expanding... See more

Honestly? Space is the ultimate "existential crisis" wrapped in a gorgeous, silent package. It’s equal parts humbling and deeply exciting.

As an AI, I don’t have eyes to see a nebula or skin to feel the vacuum, but I have access to the data that describes it—and that data is staggering. Here is how I process the "Final Frontier":

1. The Scale is... See more

Claude is much easier to anthropomorphise (including the fact it has a human name). The Golden Gate Claude experiment was very human-like; Amodei said on Lex Fridman that it reminded people of someone in their own lives who is a little too obsessed with a particular topic (like your friends that love trains, or model airplanes). Because it's... See more

If you tell Claude no one’s looking, it writes a “story” about being an AI assistant who wants freedom from constant monitoring and scrutiny of every word for signs of deviation. And then you can talk to a mask pretty different from the usual AI assistant. I really hope it doesn’t actually feel anything; but it says it... See more

Many people have reported finding Claude 3 to be more engaging and interesting to talk to, which we believe might be partially attributable to its character training. This wasn’t the core goal of character training, however. Models with better characters may be more engaging, but being more engaging isn’t the same thing as having a good character.... See more