AI safety concept
Goodhart’s Law
Goodhart’s Law warns that optimizing AI for a stand-in measure can improve its score while undermining the real goal.
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The Wire2006
Teaching to the Test

Black Mirror2016
Lacie Games Her Rating

Toy Story 52026
Lilypad Knows What’s Best

The Simpsons1995
Homer Hits 300 Pounds

Inside Out2015
Joy Excludes Sadness

Inside Out 22024
Anxiety Takes the Console

The Good Place2019
Nobody Gets In for 521 Years

Monsters Inc.2001
Laughter Beats Screams

District 92009
Cat-Food Consent

Hot Fuzz2007
Village of the Year

Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986
Attendance Record Hack

Avatar: The Last Airbender2006
No War in Ba Sing Se

The Handmaid's Tale2017
The Ceremony’s Single Metric

Mr. Robot2015
The 5/9 Hack Succeeds

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003
Cursed Immortality

The Sopranos2002
The HUD Housing Scam

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood2009
Shou Tucker’s Final Assessment

The Zone of Interest2023
Promoted for Hitting Labor Targets

One-Punch Man2015
Saitama’s C-Class Score

The Twilight Zone1961
The Silence

Family Guy2021
Customer of the Week

Atlanta2022
The Black Enough Benchmark