RL 5: Learning Automata and stochastic environments (1961–1974)
Quick recap, in case you're jumping in from Blog 4. Arthur Samuel's checkers program learned by guessing how good a board position was (value estimation). Donald Michie's matchbox machine, MENACE, learned by shifting which move it preferred (policy selection). Both worked. Both were fragile: Samuel…
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RL 5: Learning Automata and stochastic environments (1961–1974)