One way to mitigate Goodhart's Law: keep the actual objective secret.

· Bits and Bobs 5/19/25
  • One way to mitigate Goodhart's Law: keep the actual objective secret[mt].
    • Then, swap in an ever-changing set of proxy metrics.
    • You could argue that good CEOs do this–explicitly or implicitly.[mu]

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