Can a Baby Learn? Beliefs and Certainty
The same father, chair, and child from Part I, now holding Beta beliefs: consistency, harsh punishment, and a new task, learned through credibility-weighted updates.
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Can a Baby Learn? A Toy Model of Discipline and Desire
A father, a chair, and a Q-learning agent: what a toy reinforcement-learning model says about consistency, harsh punishment, and a child’s desire to climb.