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Can someone with knowledge in AI explain to me what this framework does compared to others (mainly OS but also proprietary) and if it provides any advances in t

• wrsh07 11y ago
  It looks like this system allows easy comparison of reinforcement learning techniques [those techniques can be implemented using any major ML framework]. So it isn't a competitor to Tensorflow, it sort of allows you to measure techniques built using Tensorflow [or Theano etc]. And the metrics are "how general is this technique?" "how effective is this technique?" Essentially, lots of research says "this technique is effective at this problem," but there is often no way to compare it to other leading techniques in the field. This playground sort of puts everyone on the same playing field. [and since it's open, it seems you can add your own environments. Like if you want to build a Chess AI using reinforcement learning, you can add a chess environment to this playground]
• paulsutter 11y ago
  Gym's potential is to be a starting point for a community around OpenAI. There are far more smart people in the world eager to demonstrate their ability, than there are experts directly employed in AI today. Over 5000 teams around the world submitted solutions to the Netflix prize[1]. OpenAI is a far more important project. They should be able to drive even greater enthusiasm and participation. [1] http://www.netflixprize.com/leaderboard http://www.netflixprize.com/leaderboard