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Scott Garrabrant

Cited on this site for the 2017 LessWrong post Goodhart Taxonomy.

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However, this is not a single phenomenon. I propose that there are (at least) four different mechanisms through which proxy measures break when you optimize for them.
Scott Garrabrant, Goodhart Taxonomy, opening paragraphRead the passage

Used in: A measure can break in four ways

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