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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

The Quanta Podcast

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How to Train Robots to Handle the Real World

Anima Anan Kumar of Caltech and NVIDIA says these generalist agents are a big leap from what standard reinforcement learning does. The team also pre-trained agents to get them to learn more quickly, achieving significant progress on the world's best-selling video game, Minecraft.

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