How do you get machine learning systems to:

  • Win at Chess
  • Play Hide & Seek
  • Learn to Walk

This field is called reinforcement learning.

Here are 3 books that will give you a headstart right away:

Reinforcement Learning

by Richard Sutton

This is the book about reinforcement learning.

From the “Distinguished Scientist at Deepmind” the company that used reinforcement learning for Alpha Go.

Pick up Reinforcement Learning

Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On

by Maxim Lapan

This book works through specific applications to keep us engaged.

But it doesn’t ignore the fundamentals.

Great all-round book.

Dive into Deep RL Hands-on

Foundations of Deep Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Practice in Python

by Laura Graesser

This book covers much of the foundation.

When it goes to specific algorithm the authors first work through the theory and then show an implementation in Python.

Get the practical intro with Python practicals

Conclusion

Get a start in the most “AI” field of machine learning:

  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On
  • Foundations of Deep Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Practice in Python

3 different perspectives on this fascinating field.