RL

RL is an initialism for "real life," used to distinguish physical, offline existence from online or virtual experience: I met my RL friends through gaming, She's nicer in RL than on Twitter.

Common in gaming and internet communities where the distinction matters.

In academic contexts, RL stands for reinforcement learning, a branch of machine learning.

reinforcement-learning

machine learning

Algorithms that improve from data

policy · deep learning · neural network · training · environment · state · action · optimization · Atari · robotics

abbreviation

initialism

Spelled-out letter shortening

contraction · truncation · symbol · brevity · conciseness · notation · mnemonic · alphabetic · lexicography · linguistics

direction

orientation

Position relative to surroundings

laterality · handedness · dextral · sinistral · ambidextrous · southpaw · dominance · asymmetry · symmetry · mirror

Categories
Opposites
reality versus virtuality

RLVR

Simulated immersive environment

virtual reality · online · cyberspace · virtual world · game world

machine learning paradigms

RLhard-coded

Embedded in source permanently

expert systems

online vs. offline

RLonline

Network-connected state

the web · social media · online presence · gaming

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