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The Calculation Problem and the Alignment Problem: A Shared Structure
Two traditions arrived at the same problem from opposite directions: Austrian economics from the theory of human action, and AI alignment from the practice of training reinforcement learning systems.
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Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Thesaurus of terms from the AI/ML category — gradient descent, reinforcement learning, specification gaming, Goodhart's Law, AI alignment, and loss functions.
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AI/ML: When the Reward Is Wrong
Machine learning doesn't think. It optimizes. That distinction matters more than most discussions let on.
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Social Sciences / Behavioral Economics
Thesaurus of terms from the Social Sciences category — subjective value, Prospect Theory, the endowment effect, nudge, public choice, and constitutional economics.
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Social Sciences: Irrationality Is Not an Argument for Planners
If irrationality undermines market outcomes, it also undermines the judgment of the planners who would correct those outcomes.