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Multiple-step nested scalable oversight outperforms single-step oversight when general capability favors the overseer.

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NSO is better than a single step of oversight: Guards can oversee Houdinis that are much smarter than them by using multiple steps of oversight, and more steps of oversight help as ∆general grows.

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Takeaways from numerical experiments on the NSO model; one step is optimal in Houdini-favored games.

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