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Policy Update Analysis
An agent is being trained using an actor-critic method. The actor's objective is to adjust its policy, π, to maximize expected rewards by minimizing the following loss function: L(θ) = -E[log π(a|s) * A(s,a)], where A(s,a) is the advantage of taking action a in state s. In a particular state, the critic calculates the advantages for three possible actions as shown in the case study. Based on this single-step observation, which action's probability will the policy be most strongly encouraged to increase? Justify your answer by explaining how the components of the loss function drive this update.
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