RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 1: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

Why HN readers recommended it

Frequently recommended as an excellent, clear introductory RL course from the lead of AlphaGo, pairing well with Sutton and Barto.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Google DeepMind

Topic

reinforcement learning

Format

course

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

9

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• I almost knew exactly who it was going to be when they mentioned AlphaGo Developer. For those who aren't that well versed in RL, I recommend watching his lectures at UCL ( [VIDEO] ). Really clear explanations that went hand in hand when I was …

• This papers assumes that you know quite a bit about RL already. If you really want to dig into RL, this intro course from David Silver (Deep Mind) is excellent: [VIDEO]

• Sutton & Barto's Reinforment Learning complete this triumvirate [LINK] David Silver's Reinforcement Course is based on Sutton & Barto [VIDEO]