indifference-wrong-target
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Statement
The property the utility-indifference designs aimed at is non-interference with the feedback channel, which is compatible with a positive desire to learn from that channel.
Source
The author, projects/deference/corrigibility-note-dump-2026-10-01/position-statement.md, section 2.7: "I agree with your idea that indifference was simply the wrong target -- I can be far from indifferent about a fact, but still eager to learn. The real intuition behind indifference is not-wishing-to-interfere-with-the-feedback".
Notes
The author's reply to item 4, attached as the given parent of the MIRI 2015 argument leaf. Non-interference may be stronger than the property needed.
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