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Selec­tion vs Control

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“Selection vs Control” is an attempt to further clarify the notion of “optimization process” which has become common on LessWrong, by splitting it into several analogous-but-distinct concepts.

Selec­tion vs Control

abramdemskiJun 2, 2019, 7:01 AM
172 points
26 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Re-in­tro­duc­ing Selec­tion vs Con­trol for Op­ti­miza­tion (Op­ti­miz­ing and Good­hart Effects—Clar­ify­ing Thoughts, Part 1)

DavidmanheimJul 2, 2019, 3:36 PM
31 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Ap­ply­ing Overop­ti­miza­tion to Selec­tion vs. Con­trol (Op­ti­miz­ing and Good­hart Effects—Clar­ify­ing Thoughts, Part 3)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:32 AM
18 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Mesa-Search vs Mesa-Control

abramdemskiAug 18, 2020, 6:51 PM
55 points
45 comments7 min readLW link

What does Op­ti­miza­tion Mean, Again? (Op­ti­miz­ing and Good­hart Effects—Clar­ify­ing Thoughts, Part 2)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:30 AM
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Mesa-Op­ti­miz­ers and Over-op­ti­miza­tion Failure (Op­ti­miz­ing and Good­hart Effects, Clar­ify­ing Thoughts—Part 4)

DavidmanheimAug 12, 2019, 8:07 AM
15 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

The ground of optimization

Alex FlintJun 20, 2020, 12:38 AM
248 points
80 comments27 min readLW link1 review

Mesa-Op­ti­miz­ers vs “Steered Op­ti­miz­ers”

Steven ByrnesJul 10, 2020, 4:49 PM
45 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
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