From The Onion I recently learned about psychopathy[0], one[1] of the constituents of which is meanness.
> Meanness entails deficient empathy, lack of affiliative capacity, contempt toward others, predatory exploitativeness, and empowerment through cruelty or destructiveness.
I would not be surprised if any algorithm selected to be effective would wind up externalising its costs on others, hence displaying meanness.
[1] the other aspects are Disinhibition and Boldness. Comparing to Aristotle's Virtues, do we have reasonable matches between:
Boldness : excessive Fortitude
Disinhibition : insufficient Temperance
Meanness : Wisdom (knowing how to act for one's own benefit)
without Justice (knowing how to act for everyone's benefit) ?
> Meanness entails deficient empathy, lack of affiliative capacity, contempt toward others, predatory exploitativeness, and empowerment through cruelty or destructiveness.
I would not be surprised if any algorithm selected to be effective would wind up externalising its costs on others, hence displaying meanness.
[0] https://www.theonion.com/things-all-cats-do-that-prove-they-...
[1] the other aspects are Disinhibition and Boldness. Comparing to Aristotle's Virtues, do we have reasonable matches between: