Trust Guided Decision Transformer

Chainesh Gautam, Raghuram Bharadwaj Diddigi, Chandramouli Kamanchi et al.1 min readarXivSep 25, 2026

Key Takeaway for Students

Decision AI architecture performance degrades on long rollouts because the conditioning context drifts out of the training distribution. We show that this drift is visible through the model's own next state prediction error, which rises during rollout and stays elevated, giving a direct signal of when context has become unreliable. We introduce Trust Guided Decision AI architec

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This paper addresses a critical limitation of Decision Transformers in long-horizon tasks by introducing a mechanism to maintain context reliability. For ML engineers, understanding how to build more robust and trustworthy AI agents that can operate effectively over extended periods is crucial for deploying real-world applications.

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Skills to learn

Implement Decision Transformers for sequential decision-making tasksApply conformal prediction for uncertainty quantification in ML modelsDevelop and integrate self-correction mechanisms in agent architecturesEvaluate model context drift and its impact on performanceDesign robust evaluation metrics for long-horizon agent performance

Interview questions

Explain the 'context drift' problem in Decision Transformers and how TGDT addresses it. What are the trade-offs of this approach?
How does split conformal prediction contribute to the 'trust guided' aspect of TGDT, and what are its assumptions?
Design a system for deploying a TGDT-based agent in a real-time environment, considering latency, computational resources, and continuous monitoring of trust metrics.

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