peter out
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To slowly get smaller and smaller until there is nothing left.
"The dirt track petered out at the edge of the forest, leaving us with no clear route."
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You Are Being Told Contradictory Things About AI
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and then peter out.
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horizon trend starts to peter out around
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progress we've seen in AI will peter out