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Start before LLMs. Understand where AI, ML and neural networks fit.
Reinforcement Learning
Also called RL
Reinforcement learning trains behavior using rewards or penalties based on actions and outcomes.
Think of it like
Think of Reinforcement Learning as one layer in a very large toolbox: you only need to understand what job that layer performs.
Real life
A phone spam filter, recommendation engine, fraud detector or voice assistant may use Reinforcement Learning somewhere inside.
SRE lens
A scheduling policy can learn choices that reduce latency or cost in a simulated environment.
Remember thisReinforcement learning trains behavior using rewards or penalties based on actions and outcomes.