AI is the new "big data". In fact, AI as it is done today is nothing without at least terabytes of data. What the article talks about is more like a particular

AI is the new "big data". In fact, AI as it is done today is nothing without at least terabytes of data. What the article talks about is more like a particular type of database architecture (often collectively called "NoSQL") that was a fad a few years ago, and as all fads, it went down. It doesn't mean having lots of data is useless, or that NoSQL is useless, just that it is not the solution to every problem. And also that there is a reason why regular SQL databases have been in use since the 70s: except in specific situation most people don't encounter, they just work.