Hmm, the etymology was that I was using “local optimisation” to refer to the kind of task specific optimisation humans do.
And global was the natural term to refer to the kind of optimisation I was claiming humans don’t do but which an expected utility maximiser does.
In the context of optimization, the meaning of “local” vs “global” is very well established; local means taking steps in the right direction based on a neighborhood, like hillclimbing, while global means trying to find the actual optimal point.
Yeah, I’m aware.
I would edit the post once I have better naming/terminology for the distinction I was trying to draw.
It happened as something like “humans optimise for local objectives/specific tasks” which eventually collapsed to “local optimisation”.
[Do please subject better adjectives!]
Hmm, the etymology was that I was using “local optimisation” to refer to the kind of task specific optimisation humans do.
And global was the natural term to refer to the kind of optimisation I was claiming humans don’t do but which an expected utility maximiser does.
In the context of optimization, the meaning of “local” vs “global” is very well established; local means taking steps in the right direction based on a neighborhood, like hillclimbing, while global means trying to find the actual optimal point.
Yeah, I’m aware.
I would edit the post once I have better naming/terminology for the distinction I was trying to draw.
It happened as something like “humans optimise for local objectives/specific tasks” which eventually collapsed to “local optimisation”.
[Do please subject better adjectives!]