# kaal:claim:7456999-010

**Claim.** The measured selector is an argmax over a record, not the reputation-weighted aggregation specified by RLRF, and the cohort contains no validation pool, stake, or deliberation round.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- interpretation of the measured cohort as evidence about RLRF

**Source quote.**

> That selector is an argmax over a record, not the reputation- weighted aggregation the mechanism specifies, and the cohort exercises no validation pool, no stake and no deliberation round.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback* (2026), Abstract, page 1

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7456999

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `01016fbbcc25cad205cebd59ea686d8dfee8ae9b632095d86ba6c9a900456a4b` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Reinforcement%20Learning%20from%20Reputation%20Feedback.pdf

**Topics.** research-methods, empirical-evidence, ai-and-agents

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