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Trace the graph of Reinforcement Learning movers and shakers, and see how many have their roots one or two levels up with Rich Sutton in Edmonton. David Silver,
by rfrey 9y ago
Trace the graph of Reinforcement Learning movers and shakers, and see how many have their roots one or two levels up with Rich Sutton in Edmonton. David Silver, for example, quit a career in games AI and moved his family to Edmonton to study with Rich.
People are saying this is a coup for Edmonton, and it is. But it's also a coup for DeepMind. Having Rich Sutton, and giving him the resources to keep his best students together and working, is going to be amazing.
- 65827 9y agoThe amount of corporate worship that goes on around here is insane, holy hell just tone it down a notch or two they aren't your friends.
- rfrey 9y agoWhat a strange thing to say. I pointed out that a university professor living in a small northern city actually turns out to have taught many of the other researchers currently pushing forward the field of Reinforcement Learning. I named one professor (at University College London) as an example. I cannot imagine how that can be interpreted as corporate worship.