Etic is a factor of productivity, and the larger the contextual window is the weightier it becomes. That’s even integrated within the paperclip parabola.

If the focus in placed on maximizing some easily measurable output on a narrow perspective, situation is unlikely going to match a sweet spot of holistic equilibrium which is maximizing harmony and happiness through humanity as a whole.

And what use of that?

How to make sure it doesn't evolve into some sort of Library of Babel of science?

That's the billion dollar question. Nvidia currently wants to deploy chips with the sole purpose of monitoring agentic workloads and that doesn't seem farfetched but they obviously have a financial motive to sell more products. It's like a cat and mouse game, like cybersecurity in general.