Learning how to learn by self-tuning reinforcement

Humans and many animals are capable of learning and learning how to learn better. We are concerned here with one way that reinforcement learners might learn how to learn better. In an experiment described by Harlow in (Psychol Rev 56:51–65, 1949) a group of rhesus monkeys learn a new way of learning...

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Published in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2024-06, Vol.203 (6), p.209, Article 209
Main Authors: Torsell, Christian, Barrett, Jeffrey A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Education
Epistemology
Experiments
Learning
Logic
Metaphysics
Original Research
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Primates
Psychology
Reinforcement
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Summary:Humans and many animals are capable of learning and learning how to learn better. We are concerned here with one way that reinforcement learners might learn how to learn better. In an experiment described by Harlow in (Psychol Rev 56:51–65, 1949) a group of rhesus monkeys learn a new way of learning in the context of a specific type of problem. We will consider how such agents might coevolve a new learning dynamics and new attendant saliences. To this end, we propose a self-tuning dynamics that illustrates one way that a reinforcement learner might acquire forms of learning that are well-suited to context-specific problems.
ISSN:1573-0964
0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-024-04649-1