Yacine: Precisely modeling a single actuator is a waste — randomize parameters with an RNN instead
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-04
YacineMTB argues that spending ridiculous compute and wallclock time (both machine and human) to accurately model a single actuator or friction isn't worth it — you can just randomize over possible configurations with an RNN.
His explanation for why nobody does this: they simply can't write software fast enough.
Related event: Yacine: Skip Precise Actuator Modeling, Randomize and Train One Policy(2 posts)→
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