Constitution

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Constitution is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 07, 2023 and January 13, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “promote the ratification of the Constitution”; “If you’re going to use the AI for law, you have to have the Constitution in there”. It most often appears alongside Adeline, Aella Simposium, Alberto Parmigiani.

Metadata

• Category: Books
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: July 07, 2023
• Last seen: January 13, 2026

Appears In

• Your Book Review: Secret Government
• SOTA On Bay Area House Party

Related Pages

• • Adeline (1 shared issues)
• • Aella Simposium (1 shared issues)
• • Alberto Parmigiani (1 shared issues)
• • Altman (1 shared issues)
• • AMD (1 shared issues)
• • Andreas (1 shared issues)
• • Andreessen Horowitz (1 shared issues)
• • Andy Masley (1 shared issues)
• • Angelenos (1 shared issues)
• • Ansolabehere (1 shared issues)
• • Ark of the Covenant (1 shared issues)
• • Arson & Burglary team (1 shared issues)

External Links

• • http://worldparliament-gov.org/constitution/the-earth-constitution/
• • https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.08073
• • https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/constitutional-ai-rlhf-on-steroids
• • https://blackhammer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Constitution-of-Hammer-CIty.pdf
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis
• • https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/10/book-review-the-prices-are-too-dmn-high/
• • https://www.anthropic.com/index/claudes-constitution
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/constitutional-ai-rlhf-on-steroids
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/details-that-you-should-include-in/comment/61387082
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/last-rights
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/model-city-monday-9423/comment/39567529
• • https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-303/comment/44136641

Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Your Book Review: Secret Government

July 07, 2023 · Original source

The United States actually began with secret deliberation. The Constitutional Convention was held entirely in secret. The public was not allowed to observe, the doors and windows were sealed, and the minutes were not published until the death of James Madison in 1840. Deliberating in this manner had a number of desirable effects.

A famous example of this problem is from the Constitutional Convention. Slave states didn’t try to offer any kind of justification for slavery. Instead, they simply stated that they would refuse to join the union unless slavery was allowed. This would have been harder to do if the meeting was held in public.

The canonical example of this is the Federalist Papers, following the Constitutional Convention. Several members of the convention published essays that aimed to promote the ratification of the Constitution. They also provided insight into the founders’ intent, offering detailed arguments in favor of a strong central government and a balanced division of powers. This helped two of the four problems: the respect deficit and the problem of ignorance.

SOTA On Bay Area House Party

January 13, 2026 · Original source

“It’s pretty new. In June, a court ruled that adding books to AI training data only counts as fair use if you destroy the original copy. But sometimes this is tough. If you’re going to use the AI for law, you have to have the Constitution in there. But the original copy is heavily guarded in the National Archives. That’s where we come in. We slip in, destroy it, and slip out before the guards are any the wiser.”

Inline links: if you destroy the original copy

Backlinks

• Books: C
• SOTA On Bay Area House Party
• Your Book Review: Secret Government