← Back to context Comment by cowlevel 1 day ago Goodhart's law: whatever you measure will improve. And the measurement is money extraction. 9 comments cowlevel Reply jonny2811 1 day ago any measurement that becomes a target ceases to be a useful measurement* optimalsolver 1 day ago That's not the definition of Goodhart's law. That's the opposite of Goodhart's law, in fact. cowlevel 1 day ago It's exactly Goodhart's law. The measured thing improves. bigstrat2003 21 hours ago Goodhart's law is that the measured thing increases, not improves. Increasing may in fact be worsening. 2 replies → palata 1 day ago Is there a law that says "whenever something is profitable, people attracted to money will come for the money". And obviously, the best way to make money is not to build good tech. cowlevel 1 day ago It's called capitalism, I think, but it's only one part of capitalism allexsendev 1 day ago [dead]
optimalsolver 1 day ago That's not the definition of Goodhart's law. That's the opposite of Goodhart's law, in fact. cowlevel 1 day ago It's exactly Goodhart's law. The measured thing improves. bigstrat2003 21 hours ago Goodhart's law is that the measured thing increases, not improves. Increasing may in fact be worsening. 2 replies →
cowlevel 1 day ago It's exactly Goodhart's law. The measured thing improves. bigstrat2003 21 hours ago Goodhart's law is that the measured thing increases, not improves. Increasing may in fact be worsening. 2 replies →
bigstrat2003 21 hours ago Goodhart's law is that the measured thing increases, not improves. Increasing may in fact be worsening. 2 replies →
palata 1 day ago Is there a law that says "whenever something is profitable, people attracted to money will come for the money". And obviously, the best way to make money is not to build good tech. cowlevel 1 day ago It's called capitalism, I think, but it's only one part of capitalism allexsendev 1 day ago [dead]
any measurement that becomes a target ceases to be a useful measurement*
That's not the definition of Goodhart's law. That's the opposite of Goodhart's law, in fact.
It's exactly Goodhart's law. The measured thing improves.
Goodhart's law is that the measured thing increases, not improves. Increasing may in fact be worsening.
2 replies →
Is there a law that says "whenever something is profitable, people attracted to money will come for the money". And obviously, the best way to make money is not to build good tech.
It's called capitalism, I think, but it's only one part of capitalism
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