Training an AI agent on its own explanations improves coding—no teacher, no verifier, no RL
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-09-30
The author describes an unconventional training approach: an AI agent is trained on its own explanations rather than on its code.
Key points:
- The agent's coding ability genuinely improved
- No teacher, no verifier, no RL updates were involved
- No extra context at test time either
The post links to a thread explaining the full method, worth opening for implementation details.
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