Richard Sutton quote, Sep 26, 2025

Professor, University of Alberta · Sep 26, 2025 1 year ago · Podcast, Dwarkesh Podcast: Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end at 00:55:50

I think we should be proud that we are giving rise to this great transition in the universe.

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Said by: Richard Sutton, Professor, University of Alberta
Where: Dwarkesh Podcast: Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end
Topics: Superintelligence
Company: University of Alberta
Source: dwarkesh.com/p/richard-sutton

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