Dimensions omitted from an optimization target will be set to the worst possible value.

· Bits and Bobs 10/27/25
  • Dimensions omitted from an optimization target will be set to the worst possible value.
    • This is a provable outcome.
    • Optimizing focuses on some dimensions to the exclusion of everything external.
    • If setting to the worst value in the untracked dimension creates even an infinitesimal edge in the tracked dimension, the optimizing process will take it.
    • One of the drivers of Goodhart's Law.

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