Richard Sutton says brute-force compute isn't enough for intelligence, drawing pushback from scaling loyalists
PMinervini · x · 2026-11-08
RL pioneer Richard Sutton argued that brute-force computation alone won't yield intelligence — clever new methods are still needed and the science of AI is far from finished. The take, a direct counter to the "Bitter Lesson," drew an immediate rebuke from researcher giffmana, who quipped Sutton is "not bitter lesson pilled enough." The exchange captures the core scaling-vs-methods divide in current AI discourse.
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