RLVR is just RL — RLHF is the weird one, argues lateinteraction
lateinteraction · x · 2026-10-15
In the ongoing tool-use history thread, lateinteraction argues RLVR is simply RL — RLHF is the more elaborate/weird variant — and STaR appeared soon after. RL for chain-of-thought in early 2021 would have been remarkable, but the document under discussion was definitely not that.
Related event: Researchers Trace RLVR's Roots: It's Just RL, and the Idea Isn't New(3 posts)→
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