AI = Transformer
There is a nuanced understanding lost here.
I feel this kind of wordings will harm post-transformer AI in the future as investors will look at past articles like this to try to decide if an AI investment is worth it. Founders will need to explain why their AI is different and the usage of AI for different technologies will greatly affect their funding.
AI has always been the name for the state of the art of complex problem solving.
This happens every time. We have had two “AI winters” already.