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Too much efficiency makes everything worse (2022)


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BibTeX entry for post:@misc{sohldickstein20221106, author = {Sohl-Dickstein, Jascha}, title = {{ Too much efficiency makes everything worse: overfitting and the strong version of Goodhart's law }}, howpublished = "\url{https://sohl-dickstein.github.io/2022/11/06/strong-Goodhart.html}", date = {2022-11-06} }

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