I like this. It adds a perception lens and an easy way to name it (and thus cognitively and socially notice it).
I imagine the following is obvious to you and to many readers, but for those for whom it’s not, I think the link is important: Both greenwashing and safetywashing are downstream of Goodhart’s Law.
(Occasionally I wonder how much of the Art of Rationality amounts to noticing & adjusting for Goodhart drift. It seems like a stunningly enormous proportion each time I check.)
I like this. It adds a perception lens and an easy way to name it (and thus cognitively and socially notice it).
I imagine the following is obvious to you and to many readers, but for those for whom it’s not, I think the link is important: Both greenwashing and safetywashing are downstream of Goodhart’s Law.
(Occasionally I wonder how much of the Art of Rationality amounts to noticing & adjusting for Goodhart drift. It seems like a stunningly enormous proportion each time I check.)