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Goodhart's law in AI
GOOD-harts LAW in AY-EYE
ˈɡʊdhɑːrts lɔː ɪn eɪ aɪListen
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Goodhart'slawinAI
Dictionary meaning
application of the economic principle — 'when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure' — to AI systems; when an AI is trained to optimize a proxy metric, it often does so in ways that undermine the true underlying goal, exemplifying reward hacking at a systemic level
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