{"id":45518,"date":"2026-02-16T02:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/elon-musk-says-anthropics-philosopher-has-no-stake-in-the-future-because-she-doesnt-have-kids-heres-her-response\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:27","slug":"elon-musk-says-anthropics-philosopher-has-no-stake-in-the-future-because-she-doesnt-have-kids-heres-her-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/elon-musk-says-anthropics-philosopher-has-no-stake-in-the-future-because-she-doesnt-have-kids-heres-her-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says Anthropic&#8217;s philosopher has no stake in the future because she doesn&#8217;t have kids. Here&#8217;s her response."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6983f9fca645d1188188b8cf?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Elon Musk is in a black suit jacket and a black graphic t-shirt on stage. He is looking to the top left corner of the image.\"\/><figcaption>Elon Musk is a science nerd. His latest memo is another glaring example.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Piasecki\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthropic&#039;s resident philosopher, Amanda Askell, helps shape Claude&#039;s personality and morals.<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk said she&#039;s not qualified because she doesn&#039;t have kids and no stake in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Askell had thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthropic famously employs a Scottish philosopher named Amanda Askell.<\/p>\n<p>Her job is to imbue its chatbot, Claude, with a personality and a set of moral guardrails. She is essentially teaching it to be cool and good.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, however, doesn&#039;t think she&#039;s qualified.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Those without children lack a stake in the future,&quot; Musk posted on X in response to a profile of Askell published by The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal profile does not say whether Askell has kids. Musk, who has imbued his own chatbot, Grok, with a distinct personality, has 14 of them. Musk is known for promoting a brand of pronatalism that&#039;s become popular among Silicon Valley elites.<\/p>\n<p>Askell responded with her trademark dry intellectualism.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think it depends on how much you care about people in general vs. your own kin,&quot; Askell wrote. &quot;I do intend to have kids, but I still feel like I have a strong personal stake in the future because I care a lot about people thriving, even if they&#039;re not related to me.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think caring about your children can make you feel invested in the future in a new and very profound way, and I do understand people wanting to convey that,&quot; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The responses to their short back-and-forth were as varied as you might expect on Musk&#039;s social media network. A day later, Askell posted again.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#039;m too right wing for the left and I&#039;m too left wing for the right,&quot; she said. &quot;I&#039;m too into humanities for those in tech and I&#039;m too into tech for those in the humanities. What I&#039;m learning is that failing to polarize is itself quite polarizing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk is a science nerd. His latest memo is another glaring example. Marc Piasecki\/Getty Images Anthropic&#039;s resident philosopher, Amanda Askell, helps shape Claude&#039;s personality and morals. Elon Musk said she&#039;s not qualified because she doesn&#039;t have kids and no stake in the future. Askell had thoughts. 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