Sutton becomes a trending baby name: bitter lesson passed to the next generation
panickssery · x · 2026-11-04
A screenshot of a Reddit r/namenerds post shows Sutton gaining popularity for boys, with Scottie also trending. The poster jokes that "bitter lesson respecters" are passing it on to the next generation — Sutton being the surname of Richard Sutton, co-author of the classic RL textbook, making this a niche AI-community meme.
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