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Re:An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create... by chrisdbanks on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @03:40PM (#24711870)
I wonder if it's not punishing the poor, but trying to encourage them to earn more. Of course, this might not take into account the nuances of the real world where some people just can't because of constraints like children, location, disability, etc. That's where AI simulation might break down.
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Re:An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create... by im3w1l on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @03:51PM (#24711999)
The more I think about it, the more I think the reason is that the policy network simply doesn't have training data for incomes that low so the shape is basically random.
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