Learning about that AI winter is exactly the pattern I predicted we’d reach at the time. Who cares what an up-jumped undergrad cares about auditing a seminar though, right? (not really, they were very graceful and receptive, but like, I couldn’t publish anything due to lack of professional skill at that time either). Again, this wasn’t my field of expertise, but I did find it an interesting problem where had life put me another direction, I’d be more specialized within philosophy of mind instead.