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veen  ·  3551 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New 'deep learning' technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error.

This article could have been much better if it started with this:

    Applying deep reinforcement learning to motor tasks has been far more challenging, however, since the task goes beyond the passive recognition of images and sounds.

Deep learning is not new. Using deep learning on motor tasks is, but I guess that doesn't make for a thrilling headline.