I think what they mean is not that we should not rely on innovation once it has been achieved and is actually working, but that we shouldn't bet our future on f

I think what they mean is not that we should not rely on innovation once it has been achieved and is actually working, but that we shouldn't bet our future on forcing very specific innovation in a certain area/metric as that will just incentivize people to cheat. Similar to Goodhart's Law - "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law