Ummmm, so we say we want to do good, but we actually want to make friends and get laid, so we figure out ways to ‘do good’ that leads to lots of hanging out with interesting people,and chances to demonstrate how cool we are to them. Often these ways of ‘doing good’ don’t actually benefit anyone who isn’t part of the community.
This is at least the worry, which I think is a separate problem from Goodharting, ie when the cea provides money to fly someone from the US to go to an eagx conference in Europe, I don’t think there is any metric that is trying to be maximized, but rather just a vague sense that this might something something person becomes effective and then lots of impact.
Now it could interact with Goodharting in a case where, for example, community organizers get funds and status primarily based on numbers of people attending events, when what actually matters is finding the right people, and having the right sorts of events.
Ummmm, so we say we want to do good, but we actually want to make friends and get laid, so we figure out ways to ‘do good’ that leads to lots of hanging out with interesting people,and chances to demonstrate how cool we are to them. Often these ways of ‘doing good’ don’t actually benefit anyone who isn’t part of the community.
This is at least the worry, which I think is a separate problem from Goodharting, ie when the cea provides money to fly someone from the US to go to an eagx conference in Europe, I don’t think there is any metric that is trying to be maximized, but rather just a vague sense that this might something something person becomes effective and then lots of impact.
Now it could interact with Goodharting in a case where, for example, community organizers get funds and status primarily based on numbers of people attending events, when what actually matters is finding the right people, and having the right sorts of events.