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by xapata 3421 days ago
Maximum expected value is not always optimal. Bets are an investment with uncertain returns. In normal circumstances, portfolio theory helps us optimize our investments. This reduced-variance format removed the budget constraint and made portfolio theory irrelevant. Overbets made sense to the bot who had only trained in this particular format, but not to the humans who have trained for years with a budget.