When and Where Do We Apply What We Learn?
This 2002 paper proposes a taxonomy for distinguishing near and far transfer of learning across knowledge domains, physical, temporal, functional, social, and modality contexts. It provides a framework for evaluating how learned skills, representations, and principles are applied in new situations.
A paper published in 2002, and very relevant now! One research direction is to to apply and evaluate learning theories, developed years ago, on AI agents.