Four Seasons Total Tech
"Age of Miracles"
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The History of the First AI Winter
The first AI winter provides a clear example of why winters generally feel so harsh. The technology failed in specific ways while theorists had time to put together arguments that those failures were not possible to overcome. Simple failures instilled a pessimistic attitude towards the space and made people more likely to agree with theoretical work that disproved the technology's future prospects. Every trough of disillusionment is disillusioning in its own way.
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