pic-sfp-nonagentic-predictor
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Statement
A legitimate predictor that optimizes for nothing can still produce harmful self-fulfilling prophecies, so they are a separate failure from corruption.
Source
projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/related-chats/2026-07-05__theory-of-legitimacy__c1ab54d9.md, turn 17: "perhaps there can be a legitimate thing that is not agentic, which could cause some bad self-fulfilling prophecies but does not optimize for bad outcomes, nor good outcomes."
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