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dgb23 on Aug 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: RLHF is just barely RL

Depends on who you ask.

Advertisement and propaganda is not necessarily helpful for consumers, but just needs to be convincing in order to be helpful for producers.

khafra on Aug 8, 2024 [–]

It would be interesting to see RL on a chatbot that's the last stage of a sales funnel for some high-volume item--it'd have fast, real-world feedback on how convincing it is, in the form of a purchase decision.

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