Lucas Beyer at Meta calls Markov Decision Processes one of the most wasteful distractions in recent research during a thread on high sample volumes needed for complex dynamics

— Heinrich Kuttler countered that they enable formal proofs via stochastic matrices.

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OPLB#55Lucas Beyer (bl16)|@GIFFMANA

@HeinrichKuttler @MenyJanos @agarwl_ Yeah MDP is one of the most wasteful nerdsnipes in recent history, i think it's soon time for another rant.

10:44 PM · May 18, 2026 View on X

REPLYHE#572heiner|@HEINRICHKUTTLER

@giffmana @MenyJanos @agarwl_ But it's so elegant! You have stochastic matrices and you can prove things about them!

LBLucas Beyer (bl16)@giffmana

@HeinrichKuttler @MenyJanos @agarwl_ Yeah MDP is one of the most wasteful nerdsnipes in recent history, i think it's soon time for another rant.

5:44 AM · May 19, 2026 · 63 Views

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