Meta-RL — learning to learn.
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- Train agent across a distribution of related tasks so it adapts to new tasks quickly.
- Approaches: (1) Recurrent meta-RL : LSTM policy learns adaptation from context.
- (2) MAML for RL: gradient-based meta-learning that produces initialization enabling few-step adaptation.
- (3) PEARL: context-conditioned policy with latent task variable.
- Applications: fast robot adaptation, personalized recommenders.
- Modern LLM in-context learning is analogous.
Check yourself — multiple choice
- Random
- Train across task distribution → fast adaptation to new task; (LSTM context) / MAML (gradient-based) / PEARL (latent task variable); LLM in-context learning is analog
- Same as SL
- Not real
Meta-RL: fast adaptation across tasks; .
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