Using synthetic data for AI training is 'a big mistake,' says AI pioneer Rich Sutton

Richard Sutton said synthetic data is not the solution for scaling AI. Business Wire/AP Rich Sutton criticized tech's reliance on synthetic data, urging real-world experiential learning. Tech giants like Google and OpenAI are going out of their way for real-world data. Sutton's Oak Lab focuses on teaching AI agents from experiences, not made-up datasets. Rich Sutton helped pioneer the technology behind today's AI boom. Now he thinks Big Tech's push to keep AI going is all wrong. On an episode…