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Is Winter Coming? (2024)

In the 1960s, AI researchers tried - and failed - to deliver machine translation of Russian to English. Overly confident researchers, lazy journalists and far too optimistic tech utopianists all built expectations that couldn't be met. Eventually, the lack of results put a stop to the previously generous funding. The…
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May 19, 2025Is Winter Coming? (2024) by rbanffy122127

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