This article is a prequel to my opinionated reinforcement learning guide. It exists because people have asked me for it repeatedly. Start here if you a) do not know how to program b) don't know ML or...

Or: how the genie went back into the bottle for years. This is, at least from my perspective, the true story of what happened to reinforcement learning and why it's only really starting to kick off...

Reinforcement learning is about learning through interaction. Applications include robotics, logistics, gaming, and even control problems in science like nuclear fusion. It's an underexplored niche of...