Q. What is generalization really for? What does it offer you?
Based on the vibe of the post, it seems like you’re trying to point at the concept of “being able to do many things”. I guess generalization isn’t ‘for’ anything, it’s a concept. For an agent, generalization is a method of being able to achieve an outcome based on limited past experience without needing to waste resources figuring out strategies it could have made if only it could generalize better. I can’t really tell based on what you said what I’m supposed to answer with “What does it offer you?”. Like, generalization offers me the ability to recognize bad chess moves in new scenarios that I haven’t seen, or it offers me the ability to take over the universe based on limited knowledge of physics. I don’t know where you’re trying to limit the word
Q. What is generalization really for? What does it offer you?
Based on the vibe of the post, it seems like you’re trying to point at the concept of “being able to do many things”. I guess generalization isn’t ‘for’ anything, it’s a concept. For an agent, generalization is a method of being able to achieve an outcome based on limited past experience without needing to waste resources figuring out strategies it could have made if only it could generalize better. I can’t really tell based on what you said what I’m supposed to answer with “What does it offer you?”. Like, generalization offers me the ability to recognize bad chess moves in new scenarios that I haven’t seen, or it offers me the ability to take over the universe based on limited knowledge of physics. I don’t know where you’re trying to limit the word