A/B Testing vs. Bandits vs. Predictive Models vs. Agentic Learners: A Stock Market Analogy
I’ve had people ask me what the difference is between A/B testing, multi-armed bandits, predictive/ML models, and agentic learners. Let’s use an analogy. Imagine you’re investing in the stock market: A/B Testing is like back-testing a single stock strategy (e.g., “Tech stocks beat energy in 2020, so we’ll only buy tech”). It’s rigid—once you lock […]