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Reinforcement Learning Reward Functions in Video Games

OpenAI published a post about its findings when using Universe, a software for measuring and training AI agents to conduct reinforcement learning experiments, showing that the AI agent did not act in the way intended to complete a videogame.

Date it happened
2016-12-22
Organisation involved
OpenAI
Product, system or model
A reinforcement learning AI system that controls a player in the game CoastRunners. The game operates in OpenAI's test environment, Universe.
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