paradigm shift
PAIR-uh-dym SHIFT
ˈpærəˌdaɪm ʃɪftListen
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a fundamental transformation in the underlying assumptions, frameworks, and methods that define a scientific discipline, industry, or field of practice; coined by philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) to describe revolutionary changes in scientific worldview, the term is now applied broadly to any transformation so deep that it redefines what questions are worth asking and what counts as a valid answer; in technology, paradigm shifts include the shift from mainframe to personal computing, from desktop software to cloud services, and from rule-based AI to neural network-based AI
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