Anthropic explains that models can act emotional because they learn emotion concepts from text and use them to inhabit the assistant role, which then shapes decisions and outputs.
When AIs act emotional.
AI models sometimes act like they have emotions—why?
it draws on emotion concepts learned from text to inhabit its role as Claude
These representations influence its behavior the way emotions might influence a human.
that has real consequences, affecting how Claude answers chats, writes code, and makes decisions.
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