Why the bitter lesson is bitter: its victims always thought it didn't apply to them
NirantK · x · 2026-10-25
nuwandavek argues the bitter lesson is bitter precisely because those confronted by it believed it didn't apply to them. NirantK jokes he's been wrecked by it every year of his career except 2023-2026, when he saw it coming.
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