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RL focuses model updates on information relevant to achieving the desired outcome rather than memorizing all observed tokens.
Dwarkesh Patel · The next big breakthrough will be AIs learning on the job · 26 Jun 2026
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“RL training doesn't suffer from this failure mode. RL is great at concentrating the update to only what is relevant to getting the outcome right.”Play from 14:30Report a misattribution
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