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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

Retroformer: Large Language Agents With Policy Gradient Optimization

Large language models becoming autonomous agents capable of performing multi-step tasks. New approach uses retrospective model & policy gradient optimization to refine prompts & improve performance over time.

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Emerging trend of large language models (LLMs) becoming autonomous language agents capable of performing multi-step tasks
Existing agents not optimized using environment-specific rewards
Iterative refinement through verbal feedback, but no gradient-based learning from rewards
Introduces a framework for reinforcing l...