Push PPO hard enough and true quality peaks then falls while the reward keeps climbing. The signal is knowing the Gold-vs-proxy gap, the KL budget that bounds it, and how you actually measure when to stop.
Updated Aug 2026 · Grounded in real Applied AI Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.
Push PPO hard enough and true quality peaks then falls while the reward keeps climbing. The signal is knowing the Gold-vs-proxy gap, the KL budget that bounds it, and how you actually measure when to stop.
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