GOFAI is still here, solving problems from chip layout to route planning for video game characters. It just isn't called AI anymore because it isn't sexy. At on

GOFAI is still here, solving problems from chip layout to route planning for video game characters. It just isn't called AI anymore because it isn't sexy. At one point it was; it could attract funds from military sponsors who wanted the missile to know where it is the way today's ML algorithms attract adtech sponsors who want to optimize their eyeball-monetizing strategy. But today it's like Java: boring tech solving boring problems because it's a known quantity.