Could the mechanism that makes reinforcement learning effective also help explain some of its failure modes?
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Reinforcement learning is remarkably effective at turning successful behavior into persistent capability. At the same time, there are several familiar observations that can seem somewhat at odds with this strength: improving a target behavior can coincide with regressions elsewhere, solution divers…
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Could the mechanism that makes reinforcement learning effective also help explain some of its failure modes?