The world is consumed with the machine learning revolution and, in particular, the search for a functional artificial general intelligence or AGI. Not to be confused with a conscious AI, AGI is a broader definition of machine intelligence that seeks to apply generalized methods of learning and knowledge to a broad range of tasks, much like the ability we have with our brains—or even small rodents have, for that matter. Rewards-based learning and, in particular, reinforcement learning (RL) are seen as the next steps to a more generalized intelligence.
"Short-term AGI is a serious possibility."
– OpenAI Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Ilya Sutskever
In this book, we start from the beginning of rewards-based ...
