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Will Knight @ Wired 2 place · today 13:42 EDT

Boston Dynamics Led a Robot Revolution. Now Its Machines Are Teaching Themselves New Tricks

Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert says reinforcement learning is helping his creations gain more independence.

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