On the Importance of Critical Period in Multi-stage Reinforcement Learning. (arXiv:2208.04832v1 [cs.AI])

The initial years of an infant's life are known as the critical period,
during which the overall development of learning performance is significantly
impacted due to neural plasticity. In recent studies, an AI agent, with a deep
neural network mimicking mechanisms of actual neurons, exhibited a learning
period similar to human's critical period. Especially during this initial
period, the appropriate stimuli play a vital role in developing learning
ability. However, transforming human cognitive bias into an appropriate shaping
reward is …

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