I need help finding a particular thread on LW, it was a discussion of either utility or ethics, and it utilized the symbols Q and Q* extensively, as well as talking about Lost Purposes. My inability to locate it is causing me brain hurt.
That’s hard, because search engines have been dumbed down to the point where you can’t google for a literal ‘Q*‘… A local search turned up http://lesswrong.com/lw/1zv/the_shabbos_goy/ as having one use of ‘Q*’ and bringing up ‘lost purposes’.
Probably made even more difficult because I misremembered the letter. It was G*, and the article was The Importance of Goodhart’s Law. It suddenly came back to me in a flash after seeing your reply, so thanks!
I need help finding a particular thread on LW, it was a discussion of either utility or ethics, and it utilized the symbols Q and Q* extensively, as well as talking about Lost Purposes. My inability to locate it is causing me brain hurt.
That’s hard, because search engines have been dumbed down to the point where you can’t google for a literal ‘Q*‘… A local search turned up http://lesswrong.com/lw/1zv/the_shabbos_goy/ as having one use of ‘Q*’ and bringing up ‘lost purposes’.
Probably made even more difficult because I misremembered the letter. It was G*, and the article was The Importance of Goodhart’s Law. It suddenly came back to me in a flash after seeing your reply, so thanks!