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Selection vs Control
193
The ground of optimization
Alex Flint
2y
74
159
Utility Maximization = Description Length Minimization
johnswentworth
1y
40
128
Selection vs Control
abramdemski
3y
25
100
The Optimizer's Curse and How to Beat It
lukeprog
11y
82
98
Optimization Amplifies
Scott Garrabrant
4y
12
89
What's General-Purpose Search, And Why Might We Expect To See It In Trained ML Systems?
johnswentworth
4mo
15
86
Bottle Caps Aren't Optimisers
DanielFilan
4y
21
79
"Normal" is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes
Alex_Altair
1mo
5
61
Vingean Agency
abramdemski
3mo
13
58
Aligning a toy model of optimization
paulfchristiano
3y
26
54
Fake Optimization Criteria
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
21
51
Measuring Optimization Power
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
47
Thoughts and problems with Eliezer's measure of optimization power
Stuart_Armstrong
10y
23
46
Measurement, Optimization, and Take-off Speed
jsteinhardt
1y
4
60
The Evolutionary-Cognitive Boundary
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
29
57
Humans aren't fitness maximizers
So8res
2mo
45
24
The enemy within
Roko
13y
18
22
Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects - Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)
Davidmanheim
3y
4
16
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
6
Representative democracy awesomeness hypothesis
taw
13y
13