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The challenge is that short-term incentives can easily lead to long-term problems, as the short-term min/maxing can leave you stuck in a particular global minim
by lazide 1y ago
The challenge is that short-term incentives can easily lead to long-term problems, as the short-term min/maxing can leave you stuck in a particular global minimum, with no clear way out.
- Arainach 1y ago>the short-term min/maxing can leave you stuck in a particular global minimum, with no clear way out. Short term min/maxing leaves you in a local maximum (the opposite of what you said)
- lazide 1y agoLocal maximum != global maximum (usually). I said global minimum, which can easily happen if you end up at local maximum, but you’ll never know unless you randomly search elsewhere (and potentially end up even lower).
- Arainach 1y agoA local maximum by definition cannot be a global minimum. A local maximum has to be higher than things around it, which are part of the global space.
- lazide 1y agoFair point. However, the local maximum doesn’t have to be far from the global minimum. If the global maximum is 10, minimum is 1, you could easily end up in a region with local maximum 2, minimum 1.