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Why AI Learns Faster by Understanding the Rules of the Game

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Why do some AI agents master a task in a few tries while others need millions? This paper uses circuit complexity from theoretical computer science to prove that learning an environment's rules (model-based) is mathematically simpler to represent than memorizing the best move for every situation (model-free). Robotics simulations back the theory, suggesting world models may be key to safer, more…