What will be the difference between Reinforcement learning and Genetic Algorithm? The stackoverflow question here has mixed responses <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;12411197&#x2F;can-evolutionary-computation-be-a-method-of-reinforcement-learning" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;12411197&#x2F;can-evolutionary...</a>. According to me I have implemented Reinforcement learning once <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;somedeepthoughtsblog.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;134793589864&#x2F;maths-versus-computation" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;somedeepthoughtsblog.tumblr.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;134793589864&#x2F;mat...</a>, they look same as both boils down to exploring and exploiting the environment for maximum reward.