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why use "deep reinforcement learning" at all, is there any basis to believe it's a valid model of biological learning?
by bra-ket 8y ago
why use "deep reinforcement learning" at all, is there any basis to believe it's a valid model of biological learning?
- bitL 8y agoNatural reinforcement learning [1] was known before the mathematical one. Of course, people often mistake Markov chains with reality, but they still can be useful even if in completely unexpected ways like with DRL. [1] Rescorla RA, Wagner AR. A theory of Pavlovian conditioning: variations in the effectiveness of reinforcement and nonreinforcement. In: Black AH, Prokasy WF, editors. Classical conditioning II. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts; 1972. pp. 64–99.
- bra-ket 8y agolooks like reinforcement learning people have been missing out on the last 70 years of cognitive psychology. Stimulus-response theories of classical conditioning have been a subject of controversy since at least the 50s[1], these are very poor cognitive models [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism#Criticisms_and_limitations_of_behaviorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism#Criticisms_and_lim...