{"id":8424,"date":"2018-06-05T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8424"},"modified":"2018-04-12T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T03:21:07","slug":"artificial-intelligence-the-booms-and-busts-of-ai-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/artificial-intelligence-the-booms-and-busts-of-ai-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence: The Booms and Busts of AI Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Honeymoon is Over!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/report\/Predictions+2018+The+Honeymoon+For+AI+Is+Over\/-\/E-RES139744\">declared Forrester<\/a> in a recent report.\u00a0 Not that they are finding fault with the long-term potential of\u00a0 AI technology, but that Forrester thinks the technology has expectations set so high that it is certain to disappoint many.<\/p>\n<p>Their survey found that more firms are increasingly investing in AI but well more than half of them with investments haven&#8217;t got anything yet to show for their investment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomas-hornigold-876057107\/\">Thomas Hornigold<\/a>, freelance write,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2018\/01\/18\/how-fast-is-ai-progressing-stanfords-new-report-card-for-artificial-intelligence\/#sm.001bfdrvg13kxe0lpey1yr1deouga\">wrote that<\/a> &#8220;no one would dispute the fact that we\u2019re in an age of considerable AI hype, but the progress of AI is littered by booms and busts in hype, growth spurts that alternate with AI winters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? 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