The Mayan Apocalypse Missed 2012, but That September AlexNet Started the AI Era
ShirPeled · x · 2026-10-05
Shir Peled notes that while everyone laughed when the predicted Mayan apocalypse failed to arrive in 2012, that September saw the publication of AlexNet — widely regarded as the milestone that started the current AI era.
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