Reinforcement Learning (Part 1): Bandits

Every day, we interact with our world and make decisions based on experience. Whether eating out or whether to use the stairs or the elevator, every day we make a decision. Sometimes we’re doing what we know and sometimes we’re winging it with something new. These are a form of reinforcement learning. This form of learning is at the heart of most living things; with infants learning to walk by making mistakes and elephants in a zoo learning that electric fence must be kept away from. ...

February 23, 2025 · 11 min · 2230 words · Mwaura Collins