A Potential New AI Winter

They are a component of the historical boom-bust cycle in AI. Computer scientists and businesses develop novel strategies that seem interesting and potent during an AI boom. They are used by tech companies to create goods that claim to make everyone's lives simpler (or more productive), and investors release a geyser of funding as a result. Everyone starts making extravagant claims and raving about the forthcoming invention of artificial intelligence, even starry-eyed journalists. Humanlike! Godlike! Omniscient!

But that kind of hype can't last forever, and eventually the industry starts to fall short. It turns out that the AI has a startling number of errors. Businesses and individuals that attempt to use it to address everyday issues find that it is prone to errors, frequently rather trivial ones.

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