Rich Sutton walks back the Bitter Lesson: brute force isn't enough for intelligence
eigenron · x · 2026-11-08
RL pioneer Rich Sutton publicly stated that brute force computation alone is not enough for intelligence — clever new methods are needed, and "the science of AI is far from finished." Pedro Domingos amplified it as "News flash: Rich Sutton no longer believes in the bitter lesson," a striking reversal from the author of the field's most famous essay.
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