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Formula for Success

According to Elon Musk:

 There is a mathematical formula for success : 

Ego /Ability   <  1; 

When your Ego exceeds ability ,

you break the feedback loop to reality! 

Smash your ego

Internalize responsibility! 

Do whatever it takes! 

The goal is not glory! 

Goal is : true work that serves most People! 

Humans essentially learn by doing and receiving feedback ! This is what the Computers are tryind to do by the concept called : Reinforcement learning! (RL) 

Here's what Gemini AI has to say about RL  :

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a machine learning technique where an agent learns 

to make decisions by interacting with an environment to maximize a cumulative reward. 

The agent learns through trial and error, receiving positive feedback (rewards) for desired actions 

and negative feedback (penalties or punishments) for undesired actions. 



Here's a more detailed breakdown:

  • In Computers, Agent:is the AI Software:  The decision-making entity that interacts with the environment.
  • In case of people, Human Being is the agent! 


  • In Computers, Environment is Body of knowledge :Internet: The context in which the agent operates, providing feedback based on the agent's actions.
  • In Humans, Mother Nature is the Environment! 


  • Actions: The choices the agent can make within the environment.


  • Rewards: Feedback from the environment indicating the desirability of an action.


  • Policy: A strategy that the agent uses to map states (observations from the environment) to actions. 

In case of Humans , the stated policy then should be lowering of the Ego to receive feedback from the Environment , that enables the Human to take the right actions and maximize the chance of Rewards! 

Bottomline : Dear Sir & Madam , You may have the ability! Salute you! but what about the Ego ? 

Is Ego line above or below the waterline of your ability? Check it! Check it!