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The Exponential Growth of AI

Why This Time is Different

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A Z Mackay
Jul 25, 2025
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Brief overview of the history of AI and previous "AI winters"

The story of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tale of both great promise and periodic setbacks. It's a journey that began in the 1950s with the pioneering work of visionaries like Alan Turing and John McCarthy, who dared to dream of machines that could think and learn like humans. Over the de…

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