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AI winter

In the history of artificial intelligence (AI), an AI winter is a period of reduced funding and interest in AI research. The field has experienced several hype cycles, followed by disappointment and criticism, followed by funding cuts, followed by renewed interest years or even decades later.

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Early episodes

The setbacks of 1974

The setbacks of the late 1980s and early 1990s

AI winter of the 1990s and early 2000s

Current AI spring (2020–present)

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AI winter

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples86
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
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AI winter

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related to Further reading · 50
AI winter → Agency, AI, AI's IQ, Am, Another, Artificial, Big Data, Books, ChatGPT, Construction Challenge, Despite, Eka, For, Free Agents, Free Will, Front, Gary, Gleick, Global, Gursoy
related to Machine translation and the ALPAC report of 1966 · 21
AI winter → AI, English, Georgetown, Headlines, However, IBM, In, Just, King's English, Machine, MIT, MT, Natural, NLP, Paul Nation, Polyglot, Robot, Russian, The, To
related to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progress · 8
AI winter → ACM's SIGART, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Historian Thomas Haigh, In, Special Interest Group, The, Using
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AI winter → period of reduced funding and interest in AI research

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AI winteris aperiod of reduced funding and interest in AI research0.90text
the Logic Theoristinstance ofFollowing the success of programs0.80text
the General Problem Solverinstance ofFollowing the success of programs0.80text
algorithms for manipulating symbols seemed more promising at the timeinstance ofFollowing the success of programs0.80text
CLIPS availableinstance ofThe desktop computers had rule-based engines0.80text
ICAD which found application in knowledge-based engineeringinstance ofThe maturation of Common Lisp saved many systems0.80text
AlphaZeroinstance ofand in game-playing systems0.80text
AI winterrelated to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progressThe0.60section
AI winterrelated to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progressIn0.60section
AI winterrelated to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progressAI0.60section
AI winterrelated to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progressHistorian Thomas Haigh0.60section
AI winterrelated to Funding cuts of 1974 did not slow progressUsing0.60section

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