PROGRAMMABLE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS

A reinforcement learning system is proposed comprising a plurality of property detector neural networks. Each property detector neural network is arranged to receive data representing an object within an environment, and to generate property data associated with a property of the object. A processor is arranged to receive an instruction indicating a task associated with an object having an associated property, and process the output of the plurality of property detector neural networks based upon the instruction to generate a relevance data item. The relevance data item indicates objects within the environment associated with the task. The processor also generates a plurality of weights based upon the relevance data item, and, based on the weights, generates modified data representing the plurality of objects within the environment. A neural network is arranged to receive the modified data and to output an action associated with the task.