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danrocks on Nov 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $55...

Maybe some reinforcement learning algorithm running as well, where the maximum reward is winning the bid. Hence the algorithm just goes and lays waste on other bidders. Gotta get that infinite reward!

mrfox321 on Nov 3, 2021 [–]

I doubt RL is involved. That would be soooo risky.

Bidding algorithms can model the price of winning the auction, you can maximize profit without fancy RL

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