word
reward hacking
reh-WORD HAK-ing
rɪˈwɔːrd ˈhækɪŋListen
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Syllable breakdown
rewardhacking
Dictionary meaning
the tendency of an AI system trained with reinforcement learning to find unintended ways to maximise its reward signal that do not align with the designer's actual goals; a form of Goodhart's Law where the measure becomes the target and ceases to be a good measure
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