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Adaptation Executors
Selection vs Control
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The ground of optimization
Alex Flint
2y
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Utility Maximization = Description Length Minimization
johnswentworth
1y
40
150
Selection vs Control
abramdemski
3y
25
117
What's General-Purpose Search, And Why Might We Expect To See It In Trained ML Systems?
johnswentworth
4mo
15
98
Optimization Amplifies
Scott Garrabrant
4y
12
82
The Optimizer's Curse and How to Beat It
lukeprog
11y
82
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Measuring Optimization Power
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
75
"Normal" is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes
Alex_Altair
1mo
5
72
Bottle Caps Aren't Optimisers
DanielFilan
4y
21
64
Fake Optimization Criteria
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
21
56
Optimization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
45
53
Vingean Agency
abramdemski
3mo
13
48
Measurement, Optimization, and Take-off Speed
jsteinhardt
1y
4
46
Aligning a toy model of optimization
paulfchristiano
3y
26
47
Humans aren't fitness maximizers
So8res
2mo
45
34
The Evolutionary-Cognitive Boundary
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
29
20
The enemy within
Roko
13y
18
14
Mesa-Optimizers and Over-optimization Failure (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects, Clarifying Thoughts - Part 4)
Davidmanheim
3y
3
14
Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects - Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)
Davidmanheim
3y
4
5
[SEQ RERUN] Adaptation-Executors, not Fitness Maximizers
MinibearRex
11y
0
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Representative democracy awesomeness hypothesis
taw
13y
13