RL discussion: reward redistribution beats penalty terms for handling reward hacks

stochasticchasm · x · 2026-09-22

stochasticchasm continues evaluating an RL method's details: he's a fan of the redistribution algorithm and the online filtering of reward hacks — the redistribution approach feels much cleaner than using a penalty or bonus term to handle reward hacking.

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