Chris Potts: every significant idea in AI starts by not working for a long time
ChrisGPotts · x · 2026-09-07
In the same thread, Chris Potts adds his core point: basically every significant idea in AI begins with it not working for a long time — pushing back on reading the old "Deep RL Doesn't Work Yet" post as evidence RL was useless. A punchy one-liner best read together with the longer post above.
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