Feb 15, 2018

Trade-off in solving a research problem

"When searching for solutions to any research problem, there are usually trade-offs between different objectives. You can optimize for getting a really good solution for that research problem, or you can optimize for making a good research contribution. The best problems are ones where getting a good solution requires making good research contributions, but it can be hard to find approachable problems that meet that criteria."

Reference: https://www.alexirpan.com/2018/02/14/rl-hard.html

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