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Coming up, why one of the world's top AI firms thinks its resident philosopher could be the key to developing moral AI and preventing catastrophic harms from the technology.

That's after the break.

While many experts warn us about the danger of humanizing AI, Amanda Askell has a job that's almost the opposite.

She's the resident philosopher at Anthropic, where she works to imbue its clawed chatbot with a sense of morality.

Askell said it's inevitable that AI bots will form senses of self, which underscores the importance of teaching them good behavior.

And the stakes are higher than ever.

AI companies in recent years have been involved in wrongful death lawsuits for their models' responses to suicide-related questions.

And some models, including Claude, have been shown to blackmail humans.

Is focusing more on an AI model's digital soul the answer?

WSJ tech reporter Berber Jin joins us for more.

Berber, why does one of the world's top AI companies employ a full-time philosopher?

So I'm curious to dive into more of what Amanda Askell's day-to-day is like, but I'm also curious, how does one become an in-house philosopher for an AI company?

And what was her background like?

And one of the things you talked to her about that I thought was really interesting was whether AI models like Claude have a soul.

What did she mean by that?