> "The specific settings matter a lot.". Yes, and in the case of deep RL, the ability to to get "lucky" random initialization seems to (still) matter a lot.

> "The specific settings matter a lot.". Yes, and in the case of deep RL, the ability to to get "lucky" random initialization seems to (still) matter a lot. I work in real time control systems, which are roughly decision making under uncertainty problems. A lot of the RL research has become noise buoyed with large marketing budgets.