In addition to being a Developer Advocate at Hugging Face, Thomas Simonini is building next-gen AI in games that can talk and have smart interactions with the player using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). He also created a Deep Reinforcement Learning course that takes a DRL beginner to from zero to hero. Natalie and Chris explore what’s involved, and what the implications are, with a focus on the development path of the new AI data scientist.

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Featuring:

• Thomas Simonini – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X

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