AI researchers debate tuning per-instance intelligence vs scaling population size
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-09
jdpressman offers a mildly negative update on a new parameter for tuning per-instance intelligence: it bounds any single instance's capability, creating room to avoid Goodhart effects, but adds complexity and systems with competitive/anti-inductive dynamics remain hard to predict. His interlocutor agrees the tradeoff is genuinely hard to call.
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