This is a discussion channel for " Model-based Reward Prediction: Algorithms for Learning to Represent a Task" by Dr. Angela Langdon (Princeton University) A link to the talk is the following. Please do not share the link to anyone outside of this slack workspace. Access Passcode can be found at the announcement channel. URL: https://vimeo.com/471280134 (31 minutes)
Hi Angela, A great talk and discussion! I was interested in your point on tasting water being required for it to be a goal during development. Would you mind letting me know some literature on this topic?
Hi Nao - glad you enjoyed it! Some papers below point to appetitive behaviors being learned (vs consummatory behaviors):
M.A Changizi, R.M.F McGehee, W.G Hall, Evidence that appetitive responses for dehydration and food-deprivation are learned, Physiology & Behavior, Volume 75, Issue 3, 2002
This one is very old, but contains the idea that appetite must first exist: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.2307/1536346
I am by no means an expert on this literature (was pointed to it by collaborators) but I find it very interesting and relevant for what we consider to be a reward...