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Non-LLM curriculum outperforms LLM-generated methods in Craftax-Full

Researchers have developed the Anchor-and-Harvest Curriculum (AHC), a novel training system for the Craftax-Full environment that does not rely on large language models (LLMs). AHC utilizes achievement-oriented tasks, adaptive difficulty, and inherited progress to train agents. In evaluations using 2,005,401,600 PPO rollout transitions, AHC achieved a native-task return of 46.70 ± 0.57, outperforming a standard PPO-GTrXL model which scored 41.91 ± 1.01. The results suggest that explicit, non-LLM curricula can achieve performance comparable to LLM-generated curricula in complex environments. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates that explicit, non-LLM curricula can achieve competitive performance in complex environments, potentially reducing reliance on large language models for training.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new research paper detailing a novel training curriculum for an AI agent. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Non-LLM curriculum outperforms LLM-generated methods in Craftax-Full

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jiayu Zhu, Luyuan Li, Yuyuan Shi, Hanyi Dong ·

    Anchor-and-Harvest Curriculum: A Fully Unmasked Non-LLM Curriculum for Craftax

    arXiv:2610.15328v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce Anchor-and-Harvest Curriculum (AHC), a domain-informed, rule-based training system for Craftax-Full. AHC combines achievement-oriented tasks, harvested initial-state progress, difficulty adaptation, bounded selection,…