Viswanath (Vish) Sivakumar

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A definition of continual learning

April 18, 2026

Continual learning is widely talked about these days. As far as I can tell, there is no consensus on a single definition. The clearest articulation I’ve come across is Section 3 of this 2021 benchmark paper on continual RL.

It’s a good definition to stress test in-context learning against.