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AI winter en · NOUN

Etymology

By analogy to the idea of a nuclear winter.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:artificial intelligence) A period of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence research.
   • A lot of people are talking about — actually have been talking about — a particular scenario of the artificial intelligence industry known as the "AI Winter." 1985, AI Trends, volumes 2-3, page 3:
   • Their products offered little business value at the time, and so the commercial enthusiasm ended in disappointment, leading to a period now referred to as the “A.I. Winter.” 2016 July 17, John Markoff, “Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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Relateds

AIpocalypse · crypto winter

Translations (8)

zh 人工智能之冬 (AI winter) · es invierno IA (AI winter) · de KI-Winter (AI winter) · fi tekoälytalvi (AI winter) · zh 人工智慧低谷 (AI winter) · ja AIの冬 (AI winter) · ko AI 겨울 (AI winter) · ru зима искусственного интеллекта (AI winter)