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Rewarding the almost, until the almost becomes the exactly.
means Teaching a complex behavior by reinforcing successive approximations that creep ever closer to the goal.
from From B.F. Skinner's lab in the 1940s, where he coaxed pigeons toward tricks by praising each tiny step that pointed the right direction.
Pigeon resumesSkinner shaped birds to bowl and play ping-pong.
Hidden everywhereVideo game tutorials shape players one reward at a time.
No giant leapsThe trick is never demanding the whole thing at once.