In human compatible by stuart russel he chronicles all the previous cycles. After deep blue, 'expert systems' even earlier - What I don't remember is if he des

In human compatible by stuart russel he chronicles all the previous cycles. After deep blue, 'expert systems' even earlier - What I don't remember is if he describes the relative level of investment in each "boom" phase. I wonder if the level of investment was near comparable ever to what microsoft and google and fb etc are spending now on training foundation models. I feel like the money guys really believe it this time, given the money we're seeing still being poured in, and it's not slowing down yet (please correct me if I'm wrong). but also I am biased as I love the idea of agi and desperately want this time to be different