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Sutton is correct here of course. Yes, you can initially learn a little bit by being taught. That's what it appears car driving schools do. But really you are teaching yourself to learn how to drive with a safety monitor beside you.
What about in-class learning? Turns out you
Lots of people think it's obvious that humans learn by imitation, starting with babies imitating their parents.
Richard Sutton thinks this is completely wrong.
Sutton basically thinks direct imitation plays almost no role in animal learning, and at most a small role in human
