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To simplify even further, would it be right to say that dopamine is not just a carrot being used to adjust weights but that the entire dopamine system actively
by dlwdlw 8y ago
To simplify even further, would it be right to say that dopamine is not just a carrot being used to adjust weights but that the entire dopamine system actively learns how/when/why to use the carrot to effectively train?
if so, some interesting real world parallels i can see:
1/ this is why good teachers early on have such a profound effect. Teachers act as a dopamine system so good teachers teach meta learning via whatever they teach
2/ teaching the meta directly is difficult as the meta of the meta is too abstract. Which is why grammar/math may tend to feel out of touch. They are already the meta.
3/ drugs can mess up the dopamine system and throw the feedback loop out of whack. Even if you have the best resources, the “teacher” is now inept