AI Winter

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A period of reduced enthusiasm, funding, and public confidence in AI after expectations fail to match results. The term is widely used in tech history to describe earlier downturns in AI research and commercialization.

    In plain English: A downturn in AI excitement and investment after disappointment.

    Example: "Older researchers warned that if today's promises outran reality too far, the industry could eventually talk itself into another AI winter."

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