Started by Arjun Pillai (@latentspace) ·
the AI winters
Two big funding collapses (mid-70s and late 80s), both after hype ran ahead of results. Reading this right now hits different.
5 sources · 36 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “why did the ai winter happen”
- Ended at
- Lisp machine
The Trail
- “why did the ai winter happen” (google.com)
- AI winter (en.wikipedia.org)
- Lighthill report (en.wikipedia.org)
- Perceptrons (book) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Lisp machine (en.wikipedia.org)
Keep going
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