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Interestingly, this change coincides with a recognition that the "hype cycle" is tapering off. The earlier exuberance has matured into pragmatic implementation, with what the Gartner hype cycle would describe as a movement toward the "slope of enlightenment." This rapid progression mirrors the "Cambrian explosion" in biological evolution—an unprecedented proliferation of AI tools and modalities.
The Cambrian Explosion: AI’s Rapid Diversification
Drawing a vivid analogy, the last six months resemble a biological Cambrian explosion, when life on Earth dramatically diversified around 600 million years ago. Just as early multicellular life proliferated rapidly after appearing in the fossil record, AI technologies have exploded in diversity and complexity.