Hype cycles affect funding. When the Trough of Disillusionment hits anything that's being started will take years to finish due to a more difficult funding terr

Hype cycles affect funding. When the Trough of Disillusionment hits anything that's being started will take years to finish due to a more difficult funding terrain. The arrival of the Trough is predicated by the amount of lies and utter bullshit that have been shoveled out during the earlier parts of the cycle. So while it's unfortunate that the real goods don't get delivered for years and years after they might have been, it's typically and often entirely the fault of the people on the train that this has happened. There's an awful lot of utter bullshit in the AI hype.