dbreunig says product teams should not bet on the bitter lesson to save them now
dbreunig · x · 2026-07-26
dbreunig argues that different groups in the AI ecosystem should not all optimize for the same time horizon.
- Product builders should not assume the bitter lesson will save them today.
- Devtool builders should aim for a bitter-lesson outcome, while still solving immediate problems for current users.
- Researchers should build for the world where the bitter lesson eventually fully applies.
The thread says much of today’s confusion comes from the fact that these groups are now working side by side more often, and mistakenly importing each other’s timelines. The result is that product teams over-trust future model improvements, while researchers and tool builders sometimes get judged by the wrong standards.
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