'Continuously evolving rewards in an open-ended environment', by Richard M. Bailey.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-0847.html

#reward #rewards #adaptive

‘Our moral intuitions about merit and personal worth are changing.’

an interview with Marion Fourcade about her book "The Ordinal Society" co-written by @kjhealy: https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/23/from-uber-ratings-to-credit-scores-whats-lost-in-a-society-that-counts-and-sorts-everything/

Exciting News!

We are thrilled to announce that @iweijden and @AndreaRE_altibel will be leading the national coordination project on #Recognition & #Rewards in open science!

Thanks to the €1.2 million awarded grant from @OpenScienceNL, 23 national institutions will now be able to structurally embed #OpenScience principles into the recruitment and promotion of their staff. This is a huge step toward advancing open science!

Read more here https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/12/open-science-in-recruitment-and-promotion-policies

That sweet sweet smell is reward enough for grinding cardamom in a mortar and pestle.

Since January 2024, I have been on a completely carb-free diet. No baked goods, no sugar or sweet fruits. In my experience, the restrictions have had a positive impact on my overall health, as well as on fatigue, motivation, and cognitive abilities. In early November, I completed several important milestones in projects and decided to loosen my grip, allowing myself a small reward. Here comes my love for simple but very tasty carbohydrates! #carbfree #diet #health #motivation #cognition #rewards #projects

Ten Reasons Why Rewards & Punishments Go a Bit Wrong with Autistics

h/t @KatyElphinstone

https://blog.jkp.com/2024/05/ten-reasons-why-rewards-punishments-go-a-bit-wrong-with-autistics/

Every now and again I remember this story from when my kid was a toddler.

Weekly grocery shop. Queueing at the check-out. Toddler eyeing off the Chupa Chup stand.

Just as he’s turning to ask me for a Chupa Chup, an old lady whose dropped orange rolled under a counter asks him to go get it. He goes gets it.

She thanks him profusely, he returns to me, asks for the Chupa Chup.

Now bear in mind he expected nothing for helping out, he was merely resuming his original single-minded mission. And so I gave my originally-planned response: no, sweetheart, you’ve already had a treat today.

AUDIBLE GASPS

Not just from the woman he helped, but all the surrounding adults who had witnessed this sweet moment of toddler helpfulness.

The woman came over and explained to me very earnestly that I mustn’t have seen, but he had so nicely crawled under the counter and fetched her orange for her. She pressed $2 on him, that’s how strongly she felt about it.

So I guess the adults were left with the impression I was a shitty parent who didn’t even notice my very young child wandering off with a stranger, and I was left realising how determined society is to teach naturally helpful/kind kids to expect a reward

Ich werde bald die #Rewards für meine @kofi_button Memberships umstellen. Auf #Instagram könnt ihr euch jetzt ein Video anschauen, in dem ich eine Vorzeichnung dafür mache. Bleibt auf die Linien und die Farbe gespannt!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7tLNCpsQ6c/

Exclusive early access for my amazing #Patreon family

My amazing supporters are enjoying a first look inside the mysterious Château Secret! I explored this location this summer, during a hot road trip around southern France

Beautifully furnished rooms, cozy bedrooms, a grand dining hall, and even a library/sewing room!

See the photos and a sneak peek of the full story before anyone else on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102294905?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_source=android

#Google paid $10 million in #bug #bounty #rewards last year
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-paid-10-million-in-bug-bounty-rewards-last-year/

#101essays The pursuit of excellence brings deep happiness and fulfillment through emotional resilience, situated at the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. However, rewards require consistent effort and small steps. In sports, daily routines and practices lead to successful marathon completion. The initial stages may be challenging, but the ultimate reward lies in the process and daily commitment, bringing joy and happiness. #happiness #excellence #resilience #Maslow #rewards #smallsteps

'A Unified Framework for Factorizing Distributional Value Functions for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning', by Wei-Fang Sun, Cheng-Kuang Lee, Simon See, Chun-Yi Lee.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-0630.html

#reinforcement #starcraft #rewards

Reinforcement Learning with Delayed, Composite, and Partially Anonymous Reward

Washim Uddin Mondal, Vaneet Aggarwal

Action editor: Jiantao Jiao.

https://openreview.net/forum?id=ubCoTAynPp

Intrinsic Motivation via Surprise Memory

https://openreview.net/forum?id=qC487kbXlZ

Successor Feature Representations

Chris Reinke, Xavier Alameda-Pineda

Action editor: Marcello Restelli.

https://openreview.net/forum?id=MTFf1rDDEI

Reinforcement Learning with Delayed, Composite, and Partially Anonymous Reward

https://openreview.net/forum?id=ubCoTAynPp

Actively Learning Costly Reward Functions for Reinforcement Learning

https://openreview.net/forum?id=25ntUJpQsm