To steelman it, I think the “wasteful” position makes also a kind of sense: being pointlessly frugal when you’re swimming in abundance can be the source of unnecessary suffering. But turning waste into a metric unto itself is begging to get Goodhart’d into doing some very stupid stuff.
Right. See also: Zachtronics puzzles.
To steelman it, I think the “wasteful” position makes also a kind of sense: being pointlessly frugal when you’re swimming in abundance can be the source of unnecessary suffering. But turning waste into a metric unto itself is begging to get Goodhart’d into doing some very stupid stuff.