Chips, Controversies and Minsky: The Backstage of AI
January 5, 2026 • ☕️ 6 min read • 🏷 computer, software, artificial intelligenceToday, artificial intelligence has surrounded the world, from silicon valleys to the smallest circuit in our pockets. However, this hegemony was born from the ashes of a dark period of stagnation in the 1970s known as the AI Winter. From the perspective of a technology strategist, this collapse in the 1970s was not merely a string of bad luck, but rather the result of a kind of intellectual embargo spearheaded by giants like Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.