How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the 2020s AI boom, causing a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the 1990s dot-com fever
it's chock full of historical perspective and excellent details RE the last several months of crazy— by @BradStone. https://twitter.com/... @scale_ai : “There are a lot of AI tourists pretending to be natives,” @alexandr_wang says. “Ultimately they're just selling vaporware.” Read more from @BradStone's opening essay in the AI issue of @BW https://www.bloomberg.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : “The young engineers and entrepreneurs flocking to Cerebral Valley and its environs weren't necessarily around to learn the painful lessons from the last cycle about the fickleness of trends and the risks of competing against the resource-rich tech giants” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Brad Stone / @bradstone : from the depths of layoffs, cratering valuations and doom loops... The AI hype cycle has produced a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the dot-com fever of the late 1990s. My opening essay for AI issue of @BW: https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @BW