#Algorithm Discovery

2 posts tagged with "Algorithm Discovery"

DiscoRL: When Algorithms Learn to Design Algorithms

2025-12-08•15 min read

#reinforcement learning #meta-learning #deepmind #algorithm discovery #ai research #machine learning

DeepMind's DiscoRL discovers reinforcement learning algorithms that outperform hand-designed methods like PPO and DQN. By treating algorithm design as a meta-learning problem, it found alternatives to value functions and bootstrapping through optimization alone.

When Machines Design Their Own Learning Algorithms

2025-12-08•13 min read

#reinforcement learning #meta-learning #algorithm discovery #deep learning #ai research #machine learning

A machine trained on simple grid worlds beat every hand-designed RL algorithm on Atari. DeepMind's DiscoRL discovers algorithms through meta-learning that outperform DQN, PPO, and A3C - methods humans spent decades developing.