AI pioneers scoop Turing Award for reinforcement learning work
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Computer scientists Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton have won the 2024 Turing Award for their pioneering work in reinforcement learning. Their research since the 1980s developed crucial algorithms enabling machines to learn through trial-and-error in dynamic environments. This technique has recently gained prominence, powering innovations like AlphaGo and DeepSeek's R1 model. Barto and Sutton will share a $1 million prize for their contributions to this expanding AI field.
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