The Conversation

What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines – and how it relates to training your dog

Understanding intelligence and creating intelligent machines are grand scientific challenges of our times. The ability to learn from experience is a cornerstone of intelligence for machines and living ...
Nature

Reinforcement learning improves behaviour from evaluative feedback

Reinforcement-learning algorithms 1,2 are inspired by our understanding of decision making in humans and other animals in which learning is supervised through the use of reward signals in response to ...
Forbes

The Rise And Rise Of Reinforcement Learning: AI’s Quiet Revolution

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Author, Researcher and Speaker on Technology and Business Innovation. Apr 19, 2025, 03:24am EDT Apr 21, 2025, 10:40am EDT ...
Geeky Gadgets

Watch AI learn to walk using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is a subfield of machine learning that combines neural networks with reinforcement learning techniques to make decisions in complex environments. It has been applied ...
Quanta Magazine

Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

Imagine that your neighbor calls to ask a favor: Could you please feed their pet rabbit some carrot slices? Easy enough, you’d think. You can imagine their kitchen, even if you’ve never been there — ...
Forbes

From Turing To DeepSeek, Reinforcement Learning Soars To AI Summit

Using a bunch of carrots to train a pony and rider. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the Turing Award for ...