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Re:Too much efficiency makes everything worse by langsoul-com on Friday November 11, 2022 @04:37AM (#33558739)
The strong version of Goodharts law seems occur as a function of time.

In the beginning, everything is fine and dandy, but as people optimise, it begins to turn into extremes.

Re:Too much efficiency makes everything worse by jaschasd on Friday November 11, 2022 @10:14AM (#33561805)
+1. It doesn't require there to be a time axis -- but in practice, we almost always optimize incrementally, so it takes a while for the strong version of Goodhart's law to kick in.