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Is the Author arguing there will be another AI Winter?

I have a simple theory ( I am not sure if there is a proper term for it ) that goes and solve all the above problem mentioned.

When ever a technology that is capable of producing some form of economical value, it will continue to improve and tackle what ever hurdle or barrier you think it has.

In all of the previous AI era, research were funded by government or large company like iBM. But none of those has ever made a impact or profits that value more then you have invested in. Expert System never caught on.

And this is why everyone is excited, for the first time ever we have AI ( Machine Learning ) producing useful results in a MUCH MORE cost effective way. And these saving will means companies are investing back into AI research for further improvement and benefits. The whole AI research has created a self sustained cycle that we know, at least for the next 5 - 10 years will not be lacking any fundings.