Turing Award winner Rich Sutton founds Oak Lab to build AI agents that learn on their own

Richard Sutton, the 2024 Turing Award winner, has announced the launch of a new startup called Oak Lab in Toronto. He describes current deep learning methods as "weak and inefficient" and aims to create AI agents that learn continuously from their environment. This initiative comes at a time when the AI field is in dire need of more efficient learning methods. Sutton emphasizes that the agents he aims to develop will rely on continuous learning, allowing them to better adapt to changes in their surroundings.