There are two realities when it comes to artificial intelligence. In one, the future’s so bright you need to put on welding goggles just to glance at it. AI is a backbone technology that’s just as necessary for global human operations as electricity and the internet. But in the other reality, winter is coming. An “AI winter,” is a period in which nothing can grow. That means nobody’s hiring, nobody’s acquiring, and nobody’s funding. But this impending barren season is special, it won’t affect the entire industry. In fact, most of the experts won’t even notice it. Google, OpenAI, DeepMind, Nvidia,…

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