Reinforcement Learning

Reinforcement Learning (RL) trains agents to make decisions by rewarding desirable behavior and penalizing mistakes — much like teaching a dog with treats. An RL agent interacts with an environment, takes actions, observes results, and gradually learns a policy that maximizes long-term reward. RL has produced some of AI's most striking successes, including DeepMind's AlphaGo defeating world champion Lee Sedol in 2016, robots learning to grasp and manipulate objects, autonomous vehicle decision-making, and dynamic pricing systems used by ride-share companies. RL is also central to the alignment of large language models through techniques like RLHF, which uses human preferences as the reward signal. Because RL agents can develop unexpected strategies, AI governance places special emphasis on simulation testing, AI safety controls, and continuous monitoring. Reinforcement learning is one of the AI terms most closely tied to AI risk management and responsible AI deployment in high-stakes environments like robotics and finance.

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