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What's General-Purpose Search, And Why Might We Expect To See It In Trained ML Systems?
johnswentworth
4mo
15
51
Measuring Optimization Power
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
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"Normal" is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes
Alex_Altair
1mo
5
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Vingean Agency
abramdemski
3mo
13
159
Utility Maximization = Description Length Minimization
johnswentworth
1y
40
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program searches
carado
3mo
2
86
Bottle Caps Aren't Optimisers
DanielFilan
4y
21
3
Defining "optimizer"
Chantiel
1y
6
100
The Optimizer's Curse and How to Beat It
lukeprog
11y
82
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Defining Optimization in a Deeper Way Part 1
Jemist
5mo
0
36
Optimization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
45
45
Worse Than Random
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
102
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Observing Optimization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
28
9
Defining Optimization in a Deeper Way Part 3
Jemist
5mo
0
57
Humans aren't fitness maximizers
So8res
2mo
45
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Mesa-Optimizers and Over-optimization Failure (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects, Clarifying Thoughts - Part 4)
Davidmanheim
3y
3
13
[SEQ RERUN] Adaptation-Executors, not Fitness Maximizers
MinibearRex
11y
0
24
The enemy within
Roko
13y
18
6
Representative democracy awesomeness hypothesis
taw
13y
13
60
The Evolutionary-Cognitive Boundary
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
29
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Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects - Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)
Davidmanheim
3y
4