Isn’t it fair to say that the model plus the selection mechanism is maximizing and wanting the reward? If the selection mechanism is subject to market forces, corporate or political schemes, or just mechanical in some way that isn’t just “a human is explicitly making these choices” it is likely to eventually tend in a direction that doesn’t align with human welfare.
Corporations already generate tons of negative externalities. They churn out metric tons of plastic, pollute, exhaust resources, destroy ecosystems. Governments often work with them to enforce v... (read more)
Isn’t it fair to say that the model plus the selection mechanism is maximizing and wanting the reward? If the selection mechanism is subject to market forces, corporate or political schemes, or just mechanical in some way that isn’t just “a human is explicitly making these choices” it is likely to eventually tend in a direction that doesn’t align with human welfare.
Corporations already generate tons of negative externalities. They churn out metric tons of plastic, pollute, exhaust resources, destroy ecosystems. Governments often work with them to enforce v... (read more)