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RL 2: The first physical and computational RL machines(1948–1954)

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Quick recap, if you're just arriving: Blog 1 showed that every core idea in reinforcement learning was discovered by someone watching animals, not computers. Thorndike's cats taught us that learning is selection, not insight. Pavlov's dogs taught us that a signal can carry information about the fut…

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  1. 2026-09-12 05:57 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    RL 2: The first physical and computational RL machines(1948–1954)

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