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AIBullisharXiv – CS AI · Jun 236/10

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Inverting the Bellman Equation: From $Q$-Values to World Models

Researchers demonstrate that value-based reinforcement learning agents trained on diverse reward functions implicitly encode accurate world models, bridging the traditional divide between model-free and model-based RL. They introduce P-learning, a method to extract these hidden environment models from Q-values, and show agents develop generalizable dynamics understanding beyond their training objectives.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · May 96/10

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Unifying Goal-Conditioned RL and Unsupervised Skill Learning via Control-Maximization

Researchers unify goal-conditioned reinforcement learning (GCRL) and mutual information skill learning (MISL) under a control-maximization framework, proving that diverse unsupervised skills learned through MISL provide theoretical guarantees for downstream goal-reaching tasks. The work establishes formal bounds connecting different pretraining objectives to specific downstream GCRL formulations, providing theoretical justification for RL pretraining strategies.