John Schulman: Using Prefixes from Misbehaving Trajectories to Define RL Environments Is a Good Idea
johnschulman2 · x · 2026-08-09
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman responded on X, agreeing that using prefixes from misbehaving trajectories to define RL environments or evals is a good idea, suggesting a method to leverage failure cases for improving reinforcement learning.
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