When I read recent news on HN, I feel it is a fable about Goodhart's Law. The law says: 'When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.' The dog should wag its tail. But the tail is wagging the dog.
When I read recent news on HN, I feel it is a fable about Goodhart's Law. The law says: 'When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.' The dog should wag its tail. But the tail is wagging the dog.