"I think it depends on how much you care about people in general vs. your own kin. 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're not related to me. 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."
"Those without children lack a stake in the future."
"I'm too right wing for the left and I'm too left wing for the right. I'm too into humanities for those in tech and I'm too into tech for those in the humanities. What I'm learning is that failing to polarize is itself quite polarizing."
Amanda Askell serves as a philosopher at Anthropic, helping shape Claude's personality and moral guardrails. Elon Musk posted that those without children lack a stake in the future, questioning qualification by parenthood. Askell responded that personal stake depends on caring about people beyond one's own kin, noted she intends to have children, and emphasized commitment to people thriving even if unrelated. Musk's pronatalist stance and his large family were noted. Public reactions on social media varied. Askell later characterized herself as politically and disciplinarily between polarized camps and reflected on how failing to polarize can itself polarize.
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