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Too much efficiency makes everything worse (2022)

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2007–2026

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
1109

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Total comments
467

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2022-11-11Overfitting and the strong version of Goodhart’s lawFirst breakoutandromaton187107
2024-02-12Too much efficiency makes everything worse: overfitting and Goodhart's lawjxmorris1220
2024-09-29Too much efficiency makes everything worse (2022)Best thread · Latest 20+ point returnfeyman_r917360
2026-09-06Too much efficiency makes everything worseyurivish30