Slightly tricky point. I claim that a functional reward system necessarily includes credit assignment. Aspects of credit assignment could be hardcoded but wouldn't you agree that some aspects are attentionally learned?
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Yes, I think that above the drives (strength of needs expressed as urges), everything is learned.
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As well as most of emotional system as a whole. Emotional system may be "dumber" that conciousness, but most often, it's the one that controls the other.
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Becoming an adult usually means taking charge of one's emotions.
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So the brain has an anti-Goodhart's law mechanism?
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The motivational system must remain stupid. Unfortunately, that also makes it the most confused part of our mind.
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Do you think it works completely? What if there are "passive" overlaps with the consequences that you mentioned? Still, could not the consciousness manage such situations and maintain a "neutral" position?
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The reward system is life definitory, consciousness is a peripheral feature / tool that evolved later and as everything else in us is controlled by the former... the attention is focused on fulfilling the goal, not the goal itself.
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A bit like figuring out how to get the better of a cobra. It is possible, if you observe it patiently over a period of time to see what opportunities offer themselves for constructive engagement. And, considering any available tools that could help.
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