I haven’t read the paper, but it sounds like this is a sort of similar approach ...

ks84 on June 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms disco...

I haven’t read the paper, but it sounds like this is a sort of similar approach to genetic algorithms? Create lots of agents with random changes and pick the ones that produce the most promising results? Is my impression wrong?