Ideas can have a long gestation period. Neural networks were invented before even the 1950s. I read about them as a child of the 1970s as "learning machine". Th

Ideas can have a long gestation period. Neural networks were invented before even the 1950s. I read about them as a child of the 1970s as "learning machine". They only became a smash success in the last 10-12 years. Of course, even if someone knows they have a great idea and is willing to wait for it to flower, there's certainty that will happen in their lifetime.