I think GP is saying it actually is different this time.

I don't think there's going to be a winter this time. The current boom may only take us so far, but there are a couple more booms on the horizon that in all likelihood will be cusping well before this one is finished.

Care to give any examples of those upcoming booms?

Well it really is. Though they are all called "A.I.", they are wildly different fields with little in common.

All computer science is AI, including before computers existed. Boole even called his logic the "Laws of Thought". It's just the goal-posts that move.