Steerability is the New Safety

"Safety isn't just about preventing harm; it's about precise control. We need models that refuse to be sycophants."

February 2026 Analysis — In a recent address, Dario Amodei outlined a vision that challenges our current understanding of the AI landscape. The core argument centers on the shift from static models to dynamic, agentic systems.

Tech Bytes Perspective

Anthropic's 'Constitutional AI' is evolving. The focus is now on 'Character Training'—ensuring models have a consistent moral compass without being lobotomized.

For developers and engineers, this signals a critical pivot. The skills that got us here (building web apps, optimizing SQL) are not the skills that will get us to the next level (orchestrating agents, managing inference costs). Dario Amodei's comments underscore the urgency of this transition.