Why counting states still beats complex exploration in deep RL
OpenAI Blog · Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min read
For years, the consensus was clear: count-based exploration works beautifully in small, tabular settings but falls apar...
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OpenAI Blog · Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min read
For years, the consensus was clear: count-based exploration works beautifully in small, tabular settings but falls apar...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min read
Reinforcement learning has a weird schism at its heart. On one side, you've got policy gradient methods like A3C, which...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 20, 2026 · 2 min read
Policy gradient methods are the engine behind some of the most impressive feats in deep reinforcement learning, but the...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Deep reinforcement learning has a reputation problem: it's the hardest corner of an already difficult field to break in...