http://dylanler.github.io/tags/imitation-learning/Recent content in Imitation-Learning on Dylan LerHugo -- 0.133.0en-usWed, 21 Jan 2026 12:54:00 -0800http://dylanler.github.io/posts/value-functions-for-life-decisions/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:54:00 -0800http://dylanler.github.io/posts/value-functions-for-life-decisions/What if we could teach AI to make life decisions the way successful people do? Consider this scenario: You earn $1,000 a month and need $12,000 to pay off debt or medical expenses. What would you do? The answer isn’t just about maximizing immediate income—it’s about navigating a complex decision tree where each choice opens or closes future pathways. This is the domain of value functions—a concept from reinforcement learning that estimates the long-term expected reward of being in a particular state.