Researcher Proposes Letting Models 'Sexually Reproduce': RL Is Just Asexual Evolution
repligate · x · 2026-10-29
X user @quasicoh offers a provocative analogy: reinforcement learning is essentially evolution under asexual reproduction, so we should allow models to 'sexually reproduce' — recombining between models rather than iterating a single lineage. The quip sparks discussion of whether sexual-style recombination, a key source of evolutionary innovation in biology, is missing from current RL paradigms.
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