Reward Hacking in RL : Explained 🕵️

Hey everyone! If you’ve ever watched an AI do something absurdly clever - like spinning in circles to “win” a boat race or pretending to grab a ball by just waving over it - and thought, “Wait, that’s not what I meant!”, then you already know reward hacking in your bones. It’s one of those topics that’s equal parts hilarious and a little bit terrifying, and honestly, it keeps me up at night (in a…