The various cutting-edge technologies that are under the umbrella of artificial intelligence are getting a lot of attention lately. As the amount of data we generate continues to grow to mind-boggling ...

Reinforcement learning uses rewards and penalties to teach computers how to play games and robots how to perform tasks independently You have probably heard about Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo program, ...

The age of truly autonomous artificial intelligence, where systems proactively learn, adapt and optimize amid real-world complexities instead of simply reacting, has been a long-held aspiration. Now, ...

David Silver is responsible for several eye-catching demonstrations of artificial intelligence in recent years, working on advances that helped revive interest in the field after the last great AI ...

Deep reinforcement learning is having a superstar moment. Powering smarter robots. Simulating human neural networks. Trouncing physicians at medical diagnoses and crushing humanity’s best gamers at Go ...

Machines that learn like babies: Reinforcement learning expert David Silver speaking at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum on 15 September, 2025. (Courtesy: Bernhard Kreutzer/HLF) Today’s artificial ...

Someone looking to book a vacation online today might have very different preferences than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of flying to an exotic beach, they might feel more comfortable ...

Social learning theory, developed by psychologist Albert Bandura, uses theories of classical and operant conditioning. But in this theory, the environment plays a large part in learning. We model the ...