KLPO critic-free agentic RL paper mocked for claiming 'Q* solved'

Yifan Zhang released KLPO, a KL-regularized critic-free method for agentic reinforcement learning, along with code. Its tongue-in-cheek claims of having 'solved Q' drew widespread mockery online, with critics joking the hype outpaced any actual results.

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