Researchers have found a connection between AI's temporal difference learning and the brain's dopamine system. This study explains how a recent development in computer science yields significant improvements in perfor…

The Science Behind Temporal Difference Learning

Reinforcement learning is one of the oldest and most powerful ideas linking neuroscience and AI. In the late 1980s, computer science researchers developed algorithms that could learn how to perform complex behaviors o…

A Brief History of Reinforcement Learning