Professors Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton have won the Turing Award for their key contributions to reinforcement learning, a technique used in AI systems like ChatGPT.
Reinforcement learning enables AI systems to learn through trial and error, and has been used in breakthrough applications such as AlphaGo and ChatGPT.
Barto and Sutton's 1998 textbook, 'Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction,' is a standard reference in the field with over 75,000 citations.
Their multidisciplinary approach and pioneering work in reinforcement learning have significantly contributed to the progress of AI over the last several decades.