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"A stylized dialogue on John Wentworth's claims about markets and optimization" by Nate Soares

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The Role of Markets in Alignment Research

John Wentworth: The world is full of systems that you merely can't pump money out of. Nate Zwares: I happily endorse the descriptive claim, lots of modern optimizers are even worse at taking certain gains than they are at avoiding money pumps. This was an audio version of a stylised dialogue on John Wentworth's claims about markets and optimisation by Nate Zware in 2023.

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