The article is less about a winter for the field than a winter for AI boosters, who will soon move on to become “experts” in The Next Big Thing. For people wor

The article is less about a winter for the field than a winter for AI boosters, who will soon move on to become “experts” in The Next Big Thing. For people working in the field, deep learning has already proven itself to be self-funding. It’s the main source of Google’s profits. It’s TikTok’s algorithm. Et cetera.