The analysis 'Wetware’s Foreclosing Myopic Optimization' diagnoses a crisis caused by human psychology, legacy economic systems, and AI, eroding human agency and viable futures.
The unified framework, N-Dimensional Myopic Optimization, reveals the toxic interaction between flawed optimization proxies and highly adaptive engines.
The system dynamics lead to a self-reinforcing cycle between Malignant Co-operation and Predatory Defection, causing a governance impasse in tackling the crisis.
The analysis advocates for a Contingency Governance Framework with coercive levers, including a Level 3 Failsafe Protocol, to address the immediate systems failure.