Week 10: Journal Questions
Answer the following question for
Monday's reading on Rewards for Robots (Mitchell Ch. 8)
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What is the main difference between reinforcement learning and supervised learning, and what is the appeal of using reinforcement learning?
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What is a Q-table and how is it used in reinforcement learning?
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Mitchell mentions a number of issues that reinforcement-learning researchers face. Pick one of these issues and explain what makes it problematic.
Answer the following questions for
Wednesday's reading on Game On (Mitchell Ch. 9)
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What is deep Q-learning? How does it differ from standard Q-learning?
Answer the following questions for
Fridays's reading on Beyond Games (Mitchell Ch. 10)
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What is transfer learning and why is it important in AI?
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Mitchell is skeptical that AI's focus on building game playing agents will lead to general-purpose and robust artificial intelligence, why?