> Google is starting to feel like the paperclip optimiser. I'm sure the way its products work is currently optimal for whatever metrics they set, but it's certa

> Google is starting to feel like the paperclip optimiser. I'm sure the way its products work is currently optimal for whatever metrics they set, but it's certainly not optimal for me as a user This makes me think of Goodhart's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law) > "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."[