The Greedy Doctor Problem... turns out to be relevant to the ELK problem?

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The following post was published on [my Substack](https://universalprior.substack.com/p/the-greedy-doctor-problem) and discussed on [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29269973) about 2 months ago. I originally planned it as an accessible introduction to [Vinge's principle](https://arbital.com/p/Vinge_principle/) and the [Principal-Agent-Problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_problem). Despite having equations and simulations to support my argument, I originally did not think it was sufficiently novel or relevant for the Alignment Forum. However, now that I got a chance to read the new work from ARC on the [ELK problem](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/qHCDysDnvhteW7kRd/arc-s-first-technical-report-eliciting-latent-knowledge), I think the post might be relevant (or at least thought-provoking) for the community after all. The Greedy Doctor Problem overlaps quite a lot with the ELK problem (just replace the coin flip with the presence of the d...

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• [1] https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/dDzHJGmyeQa2tGmqH/the-greedy-doctor-problem-turns-out-to-be-relevant-to-the