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The AI Hype Observatory
Tracking the slogans, buzzwords and predictions the AI field tells itself — and how fast they rise, peak, and die.
Snapshot: Baseline · June 2026 · terms tracked
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AI Hype Index
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Panel 01
The Hype Cycle
Every tracked term plotted on the classic curve — from innovation trigger, over the peak of inflated expectations, down into the trough of disillusionment, up the slope of enlightenment, onto the plateau of productivity. Hover any dot.
Panel 02
The Prediction Ledger
The rolling "year of X" calls — and a verdict once reality is in. Accountability is the point.
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The Lexicon
Filter by category. Each term carries its stage, momentum, a representative quote, and a link to its primary source.
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The Graveyard
Buzzwords that have cooled, been superseded, or quietly retired. Today's slogan is tomorrow's epitaph.