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Adaptation Executors
Selection vs Control
217
The ground of optimization
Alex Flint
2y
74
183
Utility Maximization = Description Length Minimization
johnswentworth
1y
40
139
Selection vs Control
abramdemski
3y
25
103
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
91
The Optimizer's Curse and How to Beat It
lukeprog
11y
82
79
Bottle Caps Aren't Optimisers
DanielFilan
4y
21
77
"Normal" is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes
Alex_Altair
1mo
5
65
Measuring Optimization Power
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
35
59
Fake Optimization Criteria
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
21
57
Vingean Agency
abramdemski
3mo
13
52
Aligning a toy model of optimization
paulfchristiano
3y
26
47
Measurement, Optimization, and Take-off Speed
jsteinhardt
1y
4
46
Optimization
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
45
52
Humans aren't fitness maximizers
So8res
2mo
45
47
The Evolutionary-Cognitive Boundary
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
29
22
The enemy within
Roko
13y
18
18
Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects - Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)
Davidmanheim
3y
4
15
Mesa-Optimizers and Over-optimization Failure (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects, Clarifying Thoughts - Part 4)
Davidmanheim
3y
3
9
[SEQ RERUN] Adaptation-Executors, not Fitness Maximizers
MinibearRex
11y
0
4
Representative democracy awesomeness hypothesis
taw
13y
13