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Edward Lockhart

Planning with learned dynamics (MuZero)

Researcher at Google DeepMind

Co-authored MuZero: planning with a learned model across games and Atari.

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Google DeepMindGoogle

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Google DeepMind

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Reinforcement Learning

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March 20, 2026

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Mastering Atari, Go, Chess and Shogi by Planning with a Learned Modelpaper

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Planning with learned dynamics (MuZero)

Mastering Atari, Go, Chess and Shogi by Planning with a Learned Model

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Model-based RL

Model-Based RL

Planning

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Co-authored MuZero: planning with a learned model across games and Atari.

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Start HereMastering Atari, Go, Chess and Shogi by Planning with a Learned Model

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Start HereMastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

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Dharshan Kumaran

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Google DeepMind Reinforcement Learning

Start HereMastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

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Marc Lanctot

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Start HereMastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

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Matthew Lai

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Start HereMastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm