# Bad Influence story: Srinivas says the bitter lesson applies to everyone, including its author

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-07 19:24. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/0f03299d-ca16-4b09-b635-64fbf2756566

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Latest update (11-07 19:24): Srinivas says the bitter lesson applies to everyone, including its author

Overview: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas posts on X that the bitter lesson holds for everyone, including Richard Sutton, who first articulated it, and says this is intentional. His post quotes Sutton arguing that brute-force computation alone cannot produce intelligence and that the science of AI is far from finished. The post is the only report on this story, and it does not describe any action beyond the post itself.

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1. 11-07 19:24 · Aravind Srinivas · [Srinivas says the bitter lesson applies to everyone, including its author](https://badinfluence.news/items/qrw4bnh65olto04pnb25pfdup)
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