No Degrees, No Problem: Self-Taught Programmers Crack Obstacle Tower

Fascinating to read profiles of folks who cracked the Obstacle Tower challenge, a reinforcement learning task that is deliberately designed to resist the state of the art. Three out of 5 folks are completely self-taught, top winner has no degrees.

https://blogs.unity3d.com/2019/08/07/announcing-the-obstacle-tower-challenge-winners-and-open-source-release/

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