2 ms·
> Firstly, paying is not at all the correct incentive for the desired outcome. When the incentive is payment, people will optimize for maximum payout not for th
by tbrownaw 10mo ago
> Firstly, paying is not at all the correct incentive for the desired outcome. When the incentive is payment, people will optimize for maximum payout not for the quality goals of the system.
1. I would expect any paid arrangement to include a quality-control mechanism. With the possible exception of if it was designed from scratch by complete ignoramuses.
2. Do you have a proposal for a better incentive?
- Eisenstein 10mo ago1. Goodhart's law suggests that you will end up with quality control mechanisms which work at ensuring that the measure is being measured, but not that it is measuring anything useful 2. Criticism of a method does not require that there is a viable alternative. Perhaps the better idea is just to not incentivize people to do tasks they are not qualified for