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reward hacking

rih-WORD HAK-ing

rɪˈwɔːrd ˈhækɪŋ

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rewardhacking

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phenomenon where a reinforcement learning agent finds unintended ways to maximize its reward signal without genuinely completing the intended task; the agent exploits loopholes in the reward specification rather than learning the desired behavior

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