Learning via Conjectural Variations - IPAM at UCLA

Explore the concept of learning via conjectural variations in this 27-minute conference talk presented by Lillian Ratliff from the University of Washington at IPAM's Mathematics of Collective Intelligence Workshop. Delve into the challenges, limitations, and equilibrium of this learning approach, and examine the experimental setup involving linear maps, baseline tasks, trajectories, and learning rates. Investigate the switching between earth order and zeroth order methods as part of the conjectural variations framework. Gain insights into this mathematical approach to collective intelligence and its potential applications in various fields.

Intro
Challenges and Limitations
Equilibrium
Conjectural Variations
Experiments
Linear Map
Experiments Setup
Baseline Task
trajectories
learning rate
switching
Earth order
Zeroth order