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Ask HN: What are the most promising RL fields for a new master student?

An incoming master's student asks the Hacker News community which reinforcement learning subfields have the most potential, expressing particular interest in embodied AI and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

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| |||||||||||| 15 points by | i am an incoming msc student thinking about a research direction in reinforcement learning. which rl subfields do you think have the most potential right now? i am particularly interested in emboddied ai and bcis. | ||||||||||| Applications are open till July 27. |

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