W&B Training Log Shows Agent Learning to Walk as a 'Drunk Duck'
tristanbob · x · 2026-08-30
A developer shared a funny observation from their W&B training logs: by step 500, the model had produced a 'drunk duck' that stumbles forward awkwardly. By step 1000, the behavior persisted as the agent continued to wobble, illustrating the chaotic and often humorous behaviors of agents in the early stages of reinforcement learning.
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