I meant specifically the time in the late 80s when investment in AI collapsed because it was overhyped and caused the downfall of Lisp Machines. The AI field it

I meant specifically the time in the late 80s when investment in AI collapsed because it was overhyped and caused the downfall of Lisp Machines. The AI field itself kept moving forward, but investment and grant funding was cut to almost nothing for a long time. It took a long time for the field to get to where it is now, but the hype cycle has been going back and forth for decades in AI. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter