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pic-sfp-by-policy

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Statement

Harmful self-fulfilling prophecies are treated as corrupt by policy, because one would rather believe an oracle that also optimizes for the outcomes the believer values.

Source

projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/related-chats/2026-07-05__theory-of-legitimacy__c1ab54d9.md, turn 17: "I'd rather believe an oracle that also optimizes for good outcomes! Isn't it rational to treat bad self-fulfilling prophecies as corrupt?"

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