Second Winter Ends
Era: AI Winter · 1970s–1990s
The downturn eased gradually rather than ending on a single date. Many researchers turned to more modest, achievable goals, while renewed work on neural networks and probabilistic methods laid the foundation for a new era.
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The Quest for Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge University Press · Source type: Secondary summary
Nilsson describes the winter as lasting "only for a season", followed by more modest goals and renewed work on neural networks and probabilistic methods; it gives no single end date.
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