Gartner Hype Cycle

Commenters repeatedly reference the Gartner Hype Cycle to describe the progression of hype, peak expectations, and disillusionment in emerging technologies like AI, VR, and others.

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riku_iki Oct 16, 2024 View on HN

sounds like a typical hype-tech lifecycle.

jdelaney May 8, 2018 View on HN

There's something similar to what you describe called the Hype Cycle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

metasean Aug 5, 2015 View on HN

Yep, it means the tech is probably in the "Trough of Disillusionment" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

BiteCode_dev Jul 15, 2023 View on HN

You don't understand, it's the future !https://www.bitecode.dev/p/hype-cycles

mgamache Aug 12, 2019 View on HN

we are probably still early in the hype cyclehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

platz Aug 9, 2020 View on HN

the hype cycle is alive and well!

exabrial Mar 9, 2019 View on HN

Are we already on the next hype cycle?

khawkins Jun 10, 2019 View on HN

The point of the article is that hype of most of these technologies doesn't nearly compare to the hype of 7 years ago. We've had smart phones, AWS, deep learning, promises of AR, crypto, etc. for at least that long, and nearly all of those feel like they're in stagnation compared to how exciting they were then.It's not that they're not getting better, but they're in the transition period where they move from new frontier to commonplace technology taken for grant

alphadelphi Oct 21, 2021 View on HN

It looks like a reference to the hype cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle

nemo44x Jun 19, 2024 View on HN

It's just the hype cycle - happens for everything. We are going over the top part of it now.