Richard Sutton: Brute force compute isn't enough, the science of AI is far from finished
RichardSSutton · x · 2026-11-08
Reinforcement learning pioneer and Turing Award winner Richard Sutton posted a terse but pointed take: brute force computation alone is not enough for intelligence, clever new methods are still needed, and the science of AI is far from finished. The remark reads as a soft pushback against the pure scaling narrative, while staying consistent with his own "Bitter Lesson" worldview.
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