I'm currently taking an AI class where we covered reinforcement learning--I thought it was one of the coolest topics in a class full of interesting ideas. The

I'm currently taking an AI class where we covered reinforcement learning--I thought it was one of the coolest topics in a class full of interesting ideas. The class is taught by one of the most popular CS professors here, and the lectures are available on Youtube. The first of two lectures about RL is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztxHnR0Hss&list=PL9CBFBB1FE9D0EB7A&index=9&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztxHnR0Hss&list=PL9CBFBB... If you have some time, you should definitely watch it--it is much clearer than just reading some slides. It would help to know what a "Markove Decision Process" is, but they're not very complicated.