The AI revolution didn’t begin with ChatGPT. Decades before today’s chatbot boom, businesses, governments, and researchers were already convinced that artificial intelligence would change the world. In this episode, we explore the forgotten AI boom of the 1980s, when expert systems, specialized AI computers, and huge promises made it seem like thinking machines were just around the corner. Then the hype collapsed. This is the story of the first great AI craze, why it failed, and what it reveals about the new boom we’re living through today.