Hitting small targets in large search spaces to produce coherent real-world effects that steer reality into regions that are higher in your preference ordering.
It’s still a vital part of being rational, at least in some uses of the word, which is the point of the post—to point out the different meanings people might mean when they use the word.
Eliezer’s not saying the obvious so I will...
Hitting small targets in large search spaces to produce coherent real-world effects that steer reality into regions that are higher in your preference ordering.
You’re thinking of “optimization”.
It’s still a vital part of being rational, at least in some uses of the word, which is the point of the post—to point out the different meanings people might mean when they use the word.