Emmie Hine

ER 41: The US Constitution, Claudified Or, what if the US Constitution was written like Claude’s?

New longread + the full “Claudified Constitution” PDF is in today’s Tech Reckoner:

It’s funny, but it’s also a real governance question:
Do we constrain power with hard rules, try to instill values we can trust, or both? And in what order? 🔗👇

But it's a valuable thought experiment.
Madison assumed people are not angels and created design structures that still work when virtue fails.
Anthropic hopes for virtue (which they can, in a way, instill) and so leads with values, then applies judgment.

The comparison was right there. So I had Claude re-write the US Constitution in the style of its own. The result? Kind of like the Declaration of Independence got an MFA.

(Before we start, yes, I was snowed in.)
Context: Anthropic just dropped a ~30,000 word internal “constitution” for Claude with the rules & values shaping what it will and won't do.

on an abstract gold feather background: ER 41: The US Constitution, Claudified

📬 What if we Claudified the US constitution?

I rewrote the US Constitution in the style of Claude's—turns out Madison and Anthropic have very different theories of control. 🧵

There is no faster route to self-knowledge than measuring the pixel distance between your pupils for a Chinese visa photo.
Unfortunately, that knowledge is just a detailed inventory of all your minor facial asymmetries.

WR 75: A really bad week for xAI Weekly Reckoning for the week of 19/1/26

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🤖 Big picture takeaway: A turbulent week for AI players.
📌 Extra reckoning: Meta also announced big layoffs in XR/Reality Labs--how does this relate to the AI bubble? Read more 🔗👇 7/

🧠 AI economics stress: OpenAI’s move toward ads underlines industry pressure — AI companies still aren't profitable, and ads may become the new norm for subsidized access. 6/

📢 OpenAI goes ad-supported: Meanwhile, OpenAI is testing ads in its free and “ChatGPT Go” tiers. Overall they seem to be going about it in a thoughtful way, but it is a big shift in their business model. 5/

🌫️ Environmental loss: xAI lost its EPA appeal to keep methane turbines powering its Memphis data center. A huge win for local communities concerned about pollution around Colossus data center operations. 4/

🚫 The safeguards xAI announced mostly apply to paid accounts or are vague about jurisdictions, meaning they may not offer actual protection. 3/

🧠 Grok scandal continues: Backlash over Grok’s ability to undress women in generated images hasn’t died down. xAI has *slightly* tightened limits, but with major loopholes. 2/

On a hazy black background: WR 75: A really bad week for xAI Weekly Reckoning for the week of 19/1/26

🔍 WR 75: A really bad week for xAI — Highlights from the latest Weekly Reckoning. Major setbacks for Elon Musk’s xAI/Grok and a broader shake-up in the AI world. 1/

WR 73: New year, new newsletter (plus the news of the day) Weekly Reckoning for the week of 5/12/26

Check it out (and get a sneak preview of the newsletter revamp!) here:

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The Weekly Reckoning is back! Get briefed on the tech news of the week (Grok's latest meltdown, China's new AI companion law, and insider trading in prediction markets), plus some musings on the excellent podcast BETH'S DEAD. 🔗👇

on a pink and red background: ER 40: DIVAS Dispatches

Slightly longer hiatus than planned 🫣 but the ER is back with a new edition on the Digital Vulnerabilities in the Age of AI (DIVAS) summit. Curious about how AI makes us vulnerable in new contexts? Check it out here: ethicalreckoner.subs...

My new indicator of AI-generated academic text is slightly random three-word groupings at the end of paragraphs.
Ex: "XYZ is important for legibility, visibility, and control."

An email in Italian and English. The English: Dear Emma Elizabeth Hine, this is to confirm that your thesis was successfully submitted on 26/10/2025 at 22:52. Kind regards

If things have been a little quiet around here recently, it's because I've been working towards this (slightly underwhelming) email... but now, it's #disserdone!

Dissertation update: word and zotero have teamed up to stage an eleventh-hour rebellion. They shall be brought to heel.
#academia

An iPad in front of a flight monitoring. The notes doc on the iPad has a headline that says "acknowledgements"

We're getting there. #thesislife

Header of Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context

And our piece outlining how the #AIActionPlan fits into US AI governance.

Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...

Title page of From No-Win to No-Lose

From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...

A screenshot showing that From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States is an Editor's Pick in the Journal of AI Law and Regulation

Pleased that my and @floridi.bsky.social's article on US state #AI legislation is an Editor's Pick in the latest issue of the Journal of AI Law & Regulation! Want to understand the major tensions in AI regulation?
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social

Whoops, here it is! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Full article available on @ssrn.bsky.social : papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

SSRN page for Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context

🚨 new preprint from me and @floridi.bsky.social! We put the #AI Action Plan in context—how is it a continuation of existing US #AIgovernance efforts, what’s new, and what does it mean for China competition? 🔗👇
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech

Full paper 👉

The SSRN page for "Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality: XR Infrastructure and the Ethics of Experience"

🚨 Interested in infrastructure ethics? (Wait, don’t go!)
New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics.
🔗👇