Rich Sutton predicts continual learning can be solved in ~2 years
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-01
Rich Sutton delivered a talk titled 'Generate-and-test methods for Continual Learning' at a workshop. During the discussion, he mentioned that he believes we can solve continual learning in about two years and is willing to stake his reputation on that prediction.
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