This is a full reversion of where we were at the start of the century. Back then, the AI paradox was in full effect - if no reliable implementation had been fou

This is a full reversion of where we were at the start of the century. Back then, the AI paradox was in full effect - if no reliable implementation had been found, it was AI. If you could just A* your way through a maze, it wasn't intelligent routefinding anymore, it was just a simple algorithm. The change is mostly in terms of money. The promise of AI has become a draw for investment rather than a repellant. Additionally, there is an interest in turning the mountains of surveillance data that exist now from a situationally useful tool to a tradable commodity.