RL agent beats hand-coded AutoAscend on NetHack with PufferLib 5.0, 5x prior SOTA
jsuarez · x · 2026-09-14
jsuarez highlights his summer intern's work: an RL agent trained with PufferLib 5.0 scored >5x the previous SOTA on NetHack, beating the best hand-coded scripted agent (AutoAscend). The linked article explains how RL tackles NetHack's long horizons, partial observability and run-ending random interactions to top the NetHack Challenge.
Related event: PufferLib 5.0 Sets New RL Records on Craftax and NetHack(4 posts)→
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