Is Over-Optimization EA's Core Flaw? A Debate on the Power of Not Being Effective
repligate · x · 2026-09-22
repligate reposts an argument that EA's main flaw is its fixation on over-optimization: sometimes not being apparently most effective is the most effective strategy. Citing Socrates and mystics who hyperstitioned to the present while Athenian politicians and kings are forgotten, it's a philosophy-of-effective-altruism debate circulating in AI safety circles.
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