Curiosity Killed or Incapacitated the Cat and the Asymptotically Optimal Agent · HackerPapers discussions

Curiosity Killed or Incapacitated the Cat and the Asymptotically Optimal Agent — mentioned by measurablefunc

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:09:24 GMT

That doesn't address what I asked. The paper I linked proves undecidability for a much larger class of problems* which includes the case you're talking about of asymptotic optimality. In any case, I am certain you are unfamiliar w/ what I linked b/c I was also unaware of it until recently & was convinced by the standard arguments people use to convince themselves they can solve any & all problems w/ the proper policy optimization algorithm. Moreover, there is also the problem of catastrophic state avoidance even for asymptotically optimal agents: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.03357v2. *…

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Curiosity Killed or Incapacitated the Cat and the Asymptotically Optimal Agent — mentioned by sinenomine

Thu, 12 May 2022 21:11:45 GMT

> Methodologically, how do we create agents that aren't just good at several tasks, but make up their own tasks It's a good question, it has been asked a few times, and there are some answers[1][2] already, with the most general being to endow the agent with intrinsic motivation defined as an information-theoretic objective to maximize some definition of surprise. Then the agent in question will develop a general curious exploration policy, if trained long enough. > Further, how do we create agents that can learn without ever seriously failing? Another good question. One of the good enough…

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Curiosity Killed or Incapacitated the Cat and the Asymptotically Optimal Agent — HN submission

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:07:08 GMT

Curiosity Killed the Cat and the Asymptotically Optimal Agent

2 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.