Well I’m sure I could have been clearer. (and it’s possible that I’m now characterising what I think, rather than what I wrote)
But getting that impression is pretty natural: in my argument, a large part of the problem does come from its sometimes being correct to pick the question-ignoring answer. (‘correct’ meaning something like: [leads to best consequences, according to our values]) Or alternatively, that a correct decision algorithm would sometimes pick the question-ignoring answer.
I think I focus on this, since it’s the non-obvious part of the argument: it’s already clear that poor decisions / decision-algorithms may sometimes pick the question-ignoring answer.
Probably I should have emphasized more that unexpected behaviour when things are going right will make it harder to know when things are going wrong.
Well I’m sure I could have been clearer. (and it’s possible that I’m now characterising what I think, rather than what I wrote)
But getting that impression is pretty natural: in my argument, a large part of the problem does come from its sometimes being correct to pick the question-ignoring answer. (‘correct’ meaning something like: [leads to best consequences, according to our values])
Or alternatively, that a correct decision algorithm would sometimes pick the question-ignoring answer.
I think I focus on this, since it’s the non-obvious part of the argument: it’s already clear that poor decisions / decision-algorithms may sometimes pick the question-ignoring answer.
Probably I should have emphasized more that unexpected behaviour when things are going right will make it harder to know when things are going wrong.