A quick Opus 4.5 output asking for 10 more concept names, you’d know if they fit well better than I would.
Claude Opus 4.5 - Concept Name Suggestions
Based on this LessWrong post about “diagonalization”—the phenomenon where a more competent agent simulates and predicts a smaller agent’s behavior to exploit weaknesses in their model—here are 10 alternative names:
Outmodeling—You’re building a model that encompasses their model of you, then exploiting the gaps. Clean verb forms: “He’s outmodeling you,” “I got outmodeled.”
Enveloping—Captures the spatial intuition of a larger agent “containing” a smaller one. “They’re enveloping your strategy.”
Meta-gaming—Already has some currency in gaming contexts for playing above the object-level game. “That’s pure meta-gaming.”
Overreading—Building on the Japanese “yomi” (reading) that Archimedes suggested. “She’s overreading your intentions.”
Encompassing—Similar to enveloping but with slightly different connotations. “You’ve been encompassed.”
Outlooping—Riffs on OODA loops from the previous post. “They’re outlooping us.”
Prediction capture—More descriptive, though clunkier. “That’s prediction capture at work.”
Supersimulation—Emphasizes the simulation aspect. “I’m being supersimulated.”
Leveling (from poker) - Already suggested in the comments and has natural usage: “Don’t start a leveling war,” “He’s leveling you.”
Boxing—Simple, physical intuition of being trapped in someone’s model of you. “I feel boxed,” “Stop trying to box me.”
My personal favorites are outmodeling (most precise), leveling (already has cultural traction), and boxing (most accessible).
A quick Opus 4.5 output asking for 10 more concept names, you’d know if they fit well better than I would.
Claude Opus 4.5 - Concept Name Suggestions
Based on this LessWrong post about “diagonalization”—the phenomenon where a more competent agent simulates and predicts a smaller agent’s behavior to exploit weaknesses in their model—here are 10 alternative names:
Outmodeling—You’re building a model that encompasses their model of you, then exploiting the gaps. Clean verb forms: “He’s outmodeling you,” “I got outmodeled.”
Enveloping—Captures the spatial intuition of a larger agent “containing” a smaller one. “They’re enveloping your strategy.”
Meta-gaming—Already has some currency in gaming contexts for playing above the object-level game. “That’s pure meta-gaming.”
Overreading—Building on the Japanese “yomi” (reading) that Archimedes suggested. “She’s overreading your intentions.”
Encompassing—Similar to enveloping but with slightly different connotations. “You’ve been encompassed.”
Outlooping—Riffs on OODA loops from the previous post. “They’re outlooping us.”
Prediction capture—More descriptive, though clunkier. “That’s prediction capture at work.”
Supersimulation—Emphasizes the simulation aspect. “I’m being supersimulated.”
Leveling (from poker) - Already suggested in the comments and has natural usage: “Don’t start a leveling war,” “He’s leveling you.”
Boxing—Simple, physical intuition of being trapped in someone’s model of you. “I feel boxed,” “Stop trying to box me.”
My personal favorites are outmodeling (most precise), leveling (already has cultural traction), and boxing (most accessible).