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Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorems

TagLast edit: Sep 18, 2023, 5:09 PM by abramdemski

The Good Regulator Theorem is a theorem by Roger Conant and W. Ross Ashby which supposedly proves that “every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system”. In fact, there are some problems with that informal characterization.

A Straight­for­ward Ex­pla­na­tion of the Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

Alfred HarwoodNov 18, 2024, 12:45 PM
36 points
3 comments14 min readLW link

Con­nect­ing the good reg­u­la­tor the­o­rem with se­man­tics and sym­bol grounding

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 4, 2021, 2:35 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Fix­ing The Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

johnswentworthFeb 9, 2021, 8:30 PM
147 points
39 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Thoughts on the good reg­u­la­tor theorem

JonasMossAug 11, 2022, 12:08 PM
12 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

An Illus­trated Sum­mary of “Ro­bust Agents Learn Causal World Model”

DalcyDec 14, 2024, 3:02 PM
67 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

A Gen­er­al­iza­tion of the Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

Alfred HarwoodJan 4, 2025, 9:55 AM
20 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

Proof Ex­plained for “Ro­bust Agents Learn Causal World Model”

DalcyDec 22, 2024, 3:06 PM
25 points
0 comments15 min readLW link
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