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Not quite as all funding is cyclical. My point was the bust cycle had little to do with marketable products last time, and the same is true this time around. Consider the ideal outcome, once you have actual self driving cars, funding for self driving car research dries up. Success or failure doesn’t actually matter here, the funds are going away.

The post Facebook boom and bust cycle around social networks wasn’t such a big deal for those involved because skills transfer. The issue is getting a PHD in AI related topics is far less so. Time it just right and a 500k/year job is on the table, but get the cycle wrong and it’s a waste of time and money.




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