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For decades, one idea has quietly shaped the trajectory of artificial intelligence. In 2019, In this video, recorded for the SAIR workshop on Science for AI on May 12, 2026, In this episode, reinforcement learning legend Large Language Models are missing the core ingredient for true AGI, according to

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Richard Sutton - Could current algorithms, sufficiently scaled with compute, achieve AGI?

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Richard Sutton – Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end

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The Bitter Lesson | Was Richard Sutton Right About AI?

For decades, one idea has quietly shaped the trajectory of artificial intelligence. In 2019,

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Gradient Descent Won’t Make You Generalize – Richard Sutton

Full episode: https://youtu.be/21EYKqUsPfg Me on twitter: https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp

Rich Sutton on "AI creativity & discovery"

Rich Sutton on "AI creativity & discovery"

In this video, recorded for the SAIR workshop on Science for AI on May 12, 2026,

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Richard Sutton’s new path for AI | Approximately Correct #AI Podcast

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The Fundamental Problem With LLMs – Richard Sutton

The Fundamental Problem With LLMs – Richard Sutton

Full episode: https://youtu.be/21EYKqUsPfg Me on twitter: https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp

AI Takeover is Inevitable – Richard Sutton

AI Takeover is Inevitable – Richard Sutton

Full episode: https://youtu.be/21EYKqUsPfg Me on twitter: https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp

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Richard Sutton - How can we create agents that learn faster?

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June 2025 CACM: Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto, Recipients of ACM's 2024 A.M. Turing Award

June 2025 CACM: Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto, Recipients of ACM's 2024 A.M. Turing Award

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Richard Sutton - The future of AI - IPAM at UCLA

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