goals

Definition

The states a system is supposed to bring about, supplied as a reward function, a task description, or a user instruction. Agent architectures are largely organised around them: decomposing a goal into subgoals, tracking progress, and deciding when it has been met. How the goal is expressed — free-form text versus a checkable condition — determines how rigorous the evaluation can be, which is why benchmarks push toward goals with programmatic success tests.

Explainers using this term

• Paper Walkthrough: Aspire — Can Models Self-Evolve from Vague Goals?Aspire: Can Models Self-Evolve from Vague Goals?