WSJ July 31, 2021: Artificial Intelligence’s Big Chill
The WSJ article is worthy of reading, even if you have to pay for it. I don’t want to steal its thunder, so consider this a recommendation. I don’t get any compensation from it. I can’t link to it, because it’s behind a paywall, but the Wikipedia article defines the definition nicely enough.
An “AI Winter” is what follows irrational exuberance caused by overblown and sweeping claims that imply the computers are going to somehow “be intelligent” like people. Eventually, the people get sick of being misled (or actively lied to, but we’ll call it “mistakenly over-optimistic”) and the party ends.
So, to be clear, the marketing term of “AI” is outrageously stupid.
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