Summary of Week 12 -- Capsule 1 -- Motivating RL

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In this video, the motivation for reinforcement learning is introduced. Two possible solutions are discussed, one in which the supervised learning objective could take into account the objective of the decision making module, and another in which the two objectives are combined into a single objective. The video explains that while a supervised learning objective is to learn from data, an reinforcement learning objective is to maximize reward.

• 00:00:00 In this video, the motivation for reinforcement learning is introduced. Two possible solutions are discussed, one in which the supervised learning objective could take into account the objective of the decision making module, and another in which the two objectives are combined into a single objective.
• 00:05:00 This video explains the difference between a supervised learning objective and an reinforcement learning objective. The video also explains that while a supervised learning objective is to learn from data, an reinforcement learning objective is to maximize reward.