I sat on the floor with my dog and taught him to roll over in a few sessions. Each session was five minutes, and he had it by the end of each one.
The third session was a bit different from the first two because I sat in a chair. I began by making a whirling motion with my hand and saying “roll over”. He quickly shuffled a few feet to the right, crashed hard into the wall, and fell over. He looked confusedly at the wall, and then at me—the wall for attacking him, and me for withholding his reward of food.
He had, after all, performed the trick that I had taught him—pointing his head at my crotch and shuffling to the right, not stopping until he flipped 360 degrees.
That I intended for him to be learning to roll over didn’t matter—this is reinforcement learning.
I sat on the floor with my dog and taught him to roll over in a few sessions. Each session was five minutes, and he had it by the end of each one.
The third session was a bit different from the first two because I sat in a chair. I began by making a whirling motion with my hand and saying “roll over”. He quickly shuffled a few feet to the right, crashed hard into the wall, and fell over. He looked confusedly at the wall, and then at me—the wall for attacking him, and me for withholding his reward of food.
He had, after all, performed the trick that I had taught him—pointing his head at my crotch and shuffling to the right, not stopping until he flipped 360 degrees.
That I intended for him to be learning to roll over didn’t matter—this is reinforcement learning.