By the end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, AI was widely considered dead as a field, and anyone claiming to work in AI would no longer describe their work as 'AI' for fear of association with a discredited paradigm.

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Stephen Wolfram

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by I would say end of the 80s early 90s this stuff basically hadn't worked out... AI was really at a at a very low EB for quite a long time.

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The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!" – What’s Coming NEXT | Stephen WolframSean Kim
Created: 8/11/2026, 5:32:55 AM

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