Hierarchical RL with mixed discount rates may unlock long-horizon agent tasks
jessi_cata · x · 2026-10-08
jessicata argues that progress on long-horizon tasks will come from hierarchical RL combining agency over multiple time discount rates: fast discounting yields more effective episodes to learn from, while slow discounting preserves longer-term economic rationality.
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