AI and curiosities · 2026-10-03

Anthropic Invited an Indian Monk to San Francisco to Teach Claude to Tell Good from Evil

According to a report, Anthropic arranged for a Hindu monk to come and help teach its AI chatbot Claude moral principles.

✨ What happened

According to the headline, Anthropic, the company that creates the AI assistant Claude, arranged for a Hindu monk to move to San Francisco. According to the report, the goal is to teach Claude to distinguish good from evil.

The full text of the news item in the feed was unavailable, so we cannot verify the details of how exactly such training will take place or who will be involved.

📌 Why it matters

The question of how to teach a machine morality has long been discussed by developers, researchers, and regulators. A program that answers people's questions has to somehow decide what is good and what is harmful, and these decisions shape what we see and hear from AI.

Turning to spiritual and philosophical traditions, as in this case, shows that developers are seeking diverse views on morality rather than relying only on engineers. Whether this will produce the desired result, time will tell.

Sources: 🔗 Google News