Safety & Alignment

Constitutional AI Principles

Constitutional AI principles are explicit behavioral guidelines. Principles like 'Be helpful', 'Prioritize safety', 'Be honest' guide responses. Principles should be: clear, non-contradictory, and measurable. Principles are learned during Constitutional AI training. Principles make safety targets explicit. Principles are more interpretable than black-box objectives. Principle-based approaches scale better than case-by-case rules. Principles drive alignment.