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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 1: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
Google DeepMind · May 13, 2015 · 1h 28m
What this video covers
The first lecture of David Silver's reinforcement learning course, introducing the field and its basic concepts. The course follows the Sutton and Barto textbook.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
Frequently recommended as an excellent, clear introductory RL course from the lead of AlphaGo, pairing well with Sutton and Barto.
10recommendation score
- 9
- distinct recommenders
- 9
- recommendation months
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- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“Really clear explanations that went hand in hand when I was reading Sutton and Barto's introductory book.”
“this intro course from David Silver (Deep Mind) is excellent”
“David Silver's Reinforcement Course is based on Sutton & Barto”