#ACMPrize
#2024ACMPrize
#ACMTuringAward
» #ReinforcementLearning
An Introduction
1998
standard reference...cited over 75,000
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prominent example of #RL
#AlphaGo victory
over best human #Go players
2016 2017
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recently has been the development of the chatbot #ChatGPT
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large language model #LLM trained in two phases ...employs a technique called
reinforcement learning from human feedback #RLHF «
aka cheap labor unnamed in papers
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awards.acm.orgAndrew Barto and Richard Sutton are the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning.Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning. In a series of papers beginning in the 1980s, Barto and Sutton introduced the main ideas, constructed the mathematical foundations, and developed important algorithms for reinforcement learning—one of the most important approaches for creating intelligent systems.