Stuart_Armstrong comments on Steelmanning Inefficiency - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 03 July 2014 12:17PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 July 2014 11:06:48AM 2 points [-]

Good ^_^

Did you notice that the section criticising efficiency fully general counterarguments... was itself a fully general counterargument?

Comment author: Bugmaster 06 July 2014 08:38:01PM 3 points [-]

Hmm, no, I don't see that. If anything, that section is more of a straw-man. It cautions against excessive obsession with collecting data -- which can be a real problem -- but it assumes that collecting data is the only thing that efficiency is all about (as opposed to actually achieving your true goals).