The shift from exact/optimal algorithms to data-driven statistical approximation in AI is a 'sobering' or even 'depressing' lesson: the chief source of progress is not scientific insight but brute-force increases in compute and data (the 'Bitter Lesson' in AI research).
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Michael WaldridgeEvidence Quote
“the chief source of advances in AI is scientific developments actually no it's just more compute more data”
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Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI History— Johnathan BiCreated: 7/7/2026, 3:38:35 AM
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