Saturday, 8 March, 2025

AI Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton Awarded Turing Prize for Reinforcement Learning Innovations

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton have been honored with the A.M. Turing Award for their foundational work in reinforcement learning, a branch of AI where machines learn through trial and error, akin to training animals. Their research, initiated in the late 1970s, has significantly influenced technologies like Google's AlphaGo and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Both express concerns over the rapid deployment of AI without adequate testing, likening it to engineering practices that overlook safety protocols.