Me:

As a librarian -I would like to know how you work with this as AI is coded by humans who always has a bias: Openness and objectivity - I'm not bound by human biases and can look at things impartially?

Claude:

You raise a fair point. As an AI system created by humans, it's true that I may inherit some biases from the data and approaches used in my training. It's an important issue that deserves transparency. A few key things to keep in mind:

1. My training process aimed to make me as impartial and objective as possible by exposing me to an extremely broad and diverse dataset representing many different perspectives. However, inherent biases in the underlying data cannot be completely eliminated.
2. I do not have the same type of hardwired cultural, ideological or personal biases that humans can have. My responses are based strictly on patterns in the data I was exposed to, not ingrained beliefs or prejudices.
3. I have been explicitly instructed to watch for my own biases and to caveate my statements when I may be expressing a biased perspective instead of an impartial view. I'm transparent that my opinions can be imperfect.
4. As an AI, I don't have the same emotional/psychological biases that humans can have like in-group biases, self-serving biases, etc. My analyses are grounded in data rather than swayed by those factors.
5. Ultimately, you should scrutinize what I say critically, not take it as absolute truth. I aim for impartiality but cannot be perfect. I'm a tool to augment and empower your own efforts as a librarian, not replace your faculties.

So in summary, you're right that I may exhibit some bias despite my best efforts. But I work to be as objective as Ican and am transparent about my limitations. I'm an assistive tool, not an infallible source of truth. Does this help explain my position on bias and objectivity? Happy to discuss further.

Me: Of course. Always be critical, and thank you for elaborating. I still think that being programmed by humans will lead to biases, and therefore, that part of your answer should be taken very critically—but we agree on that. :-)

Claude:

You're absolutely right, and I appreciate you reinforcing that critical view. My claim of not being bound by human biases was an overstatement on my part. As an AI created by humans, inheriting certain biases from my training data and the approaches of my developers is inevitable to some degree. You are wise to take that part of my previous response with a hefty grain of salt.

The important point is that I can strive to be as impartial and objective as possible, but I should not be seen as a perfectly unbiased source of truth. My opinions and outputs will inevitably reflect some human biases "baked in" from how I was developed and what data I was exposed to, even if not the same type of ingrained ideological or cultural biases humans can have.

Thank you for pushing me on that claim and not just taking it at face value. That's exactly the kind of critical perspective that is needed when interacting with an AI like myself. I will be more careful about overstating my lack of bias going forward. Checking me on such statements helps reinforce my own self-awareness about the limitations in my reasoning. I'm grateful we could have this clarifying discussion.