Richard Sutton: brute force isn't enough — AI still needs clever new methods
RichardSSutton · x · 2026-11-10
Richard Sutton quote-RTs a take that The Bitter Lesson is often misread as an argument against algorithmic ingenuity — it's really against hardcoding human ingenuity into systems. Sutton adds his own view: brute force computation alone isn't enough for intelligence, clever new methods are still needed, and the science of AI is far from finished.
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