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 t

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