actually the seed is also a hyper-parameter | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		maxc01 on Aug 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Q-Learning actually the seed is also a hyper-parameter

chmhsm on Aug 15, 2019 [–]

Uuuuummmm, I strongly disagree.

heyoni on Aug 16, 2019 | [–]

Is that a joke? Is that a hyper parameter!? I can’t google things on my phone, it takes too long!

maxc01 on Aug 22, 2019 | | [–]

I tried 50000 different random seeds, and my algo only works when the seed is 32451 :)

Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact