Real-world interaction may reduce RL-driven behavior in agents

Laneless_ · x · 2026-08-26

Discussing whether RL-induced drives dominate in agentic settings, the author suggests it's highly contextual. They hypothesize that increasing real-world interaction, especially multiturn human interaction and less goal-seeking work, results in much fewer "RL-brained" rollouts.

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