Mathematizing ethics lets EAs dress up vibes as optimal choices, researcher argues
SashaGusevPosts · x · 2026-11-08
Responding to the claim that "numbers make things harder to fake," Sasha Gusev argues the same logic cuts the other way: mathematizing lets EAs pretend they've made a morally optimal choice — pick the cause you vibe with, invent a number to justify it, and the vibe becomes "optimal." He calls this fundamentally dishonest.
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