gwern comments on Open Thread, July 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 08 July 2013 07:54:28PM 2 points [-]

That's hard, because search engines have been dumbed down to the point where you can't google for a literal 'Q*'... A local search turned up http://lesswrong.com/lw/1zv/the_shabbos_goy/ as having one use of 'Q*' and bringing up 'lost purposes'.

Comment author: BerryPick6 09 July 2013 12:09:39AM 2 points [-]

Probably made even more difficult because I misremembered the letter. It was G*, and the article was The Importance of Goodhart's Law. It suddenly came back to me in a flash after seeing your reply, so thanks!