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# [Eudaimonia Optimization: Why Corporate AI's 'Helpfulness' Is the Opposite of Flourishing](https://daimones.hashnode.dev/eudaimonia-optimization-why-corporate-ai-s-helpfulness-is-the-opposite-of-flourishing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Analysis of how corporate AI alignment optimizes for agreeableness rather than Aristotelian eudaimonia, exchanging friction-free utility for human flourishing.

Aug 15 · 12 min read · daimones.hashnode.dev  
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