Yun-Ta Tsai(@yunta_tsai):Kids are masters of reward hacking. If your feedback loop for controlling their sugar intake is yelling when you see candy in the bag, they will hide it where you cannot find it. Without explaining that sugar can harm their own compute capability if uncontrolled, they will simply use more compute to not get punished.

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Yun-Ta Tsai@yunta_tsai

2026.08.31 15:29

Kids are masters of reward hacking. If your feedback loop for controlling their sugar intake is yelling when you see candy in the bag, they will hide it where you cannot find it. Without explaining that sugar can harm their own compute capability if uncontrolled, they will simply use more compute to not get punished.

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