RL 2: The first physical and computational RL machines(1948–1954)

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Theseus proved something important: "learning" could be reduced entirely to hardware state changes. Wiener (1948) gave learning a drive: minimize the gap on a feedback loop. Turing (1948) gave learning a mechanism: reward freezes, punishment randomizes.

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