Comment by fthomas on Competence vs Alignment · 2020-10-05T20:49:40.038Z · LW · GW

I wonder if it's possible to apply Hanlon's Razor here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor
Replace the term "malice" with "misalignment" and it would seem to fit. It's not an "answer" per se, but could be a useful heuristic. Though, it does presuppose that principle can be applied to all types of agents equally, which is probably a mistake since Hanlon's Razor came to be after observations of human agents. Really interesting question. Thanks!