Re:How to Escape Saddle Points Efficiently
by wyldfire on Friday September 01, 2017 @04:56PM
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> There is nothing to 'push' the donkey to the left or the right.
It's funny -- I can imagine a real human (perhaps a particularly anxious one) stall in indecision wondering which similar-looking pile held more value or which was closer. Fear of wasted time would likely force them to make a decision. And once they committed to a pile they would likely continue until/unless they discovered new information.
What if the agent had a list of waypoints and only re-evaluated the list every N ticks or when the horizon reveals something new?
I know very little about AI so I have no idea if this is out of scope or could possibly apply.
It's funny -- I can imagine a real human (perhaps a particularly anxious one) stall in indecision wondering which similar-looking pile held more value or which was closer. Fear of wasted time would likely force them to make a decision. And once they committed to a pile they would likely continue until/unless they discovered new information.
What if the agent had a list of waypoints and only re-evaluated the list every N ticks or when the horizon reveals something new?
I know very little about AI so I have no idea if this is out of scope or could possibly apply.