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Jul 20, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Richard Sutton on Energy‑Efficient AI, Over‑Hyped Large Models, and Alignment

In a candid WAIC 2026 interview, reinforcement‑learning pioneer Richard Sutton discusses his new for‑profit Oak Lab, the quest for a 20‑watt trillion‑parameter model, his disappointment with recent AI trends, the notion of a “complete mind,” robot‑kindergarten experiments, and why he believes aligning AI to a single human value system is a dangerous illusion.

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Richard Sutton on Energy‑Efficient AI, Over‑Hyped Large Models, and Alignment

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Jul 15, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Richard Sutton, 68, Launches Oak Lab to Build Real‑Time Learning Trillion‑Parameter Agents

Veteran reinforcement‑learning pioneer Richard Sutton announces the creation of Oak Lab, outlining a new Options‑and‑Knowledge architecture that aims to produce autonomous agents capable of continual, real‑time learning, and critiquing the current large‑language‑model paradigm as a dead‑end for true AI.

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Richard Sutton, 68, Launches Oak Lab to Build Real‑Time Learning Trillion‑Parameter Agents

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Jul 14, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why RL Pioneer Richard Sutton Is Launching a Startup to Escape the Large‑Model Paradigm

At nearly 70, Turing‑award‑winning reinforcement‑learning pioneer Richard Sutton co‑founded Oak Lab to develop the OaK architecture, aiming for AI agents that learn continuously from experience, critiquing the static data reliance of current large language models and targeting low‑energy trillion‑parameter AGI.

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Why RL Pioneer Richard Sutton Is Launching a Startup to Escape the Large‑Model Paradigm

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Mar 5, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Barto and Sutton Won the 2024 Turing Award: The Rise of Reinforcement Learning

The ACM awarded Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton the 2024 Turing Award for pioneering reinforcement learning, detailing their seminal contributions, academic biographies, and urgent warnings about AI safety in a comprehensive overview.

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Why Barto and Sutton Won the 2024 Turing Award: The Rise of Reinforcement Learning