Exploring the Limits of Rich Sutton's 'Bitter Lesson' in AI Development
Recently, “the bitter lesson” is having a moment. Coined in an essay by Rich Sutton, the bitter lesson is that, “general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most effective, and by a…
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