Comment by harryf

Better to talk about the Gartner Hype cycle and it's stages compare it to technologies that clearly followed that cycle such as;

- Virtual Reality: big hype in the early 90s (arcades, movies like Lawnmower Man) through to use cases today like surgical training, aviation training

- Mobile video calls: hyped in early 2000's with 3G and pre-iPhone devices. Actually took off with 4G and 5G plus iOS and Android phones

- 3D printing: back in 2013 we were expecting "a 3D printer in every home" ... today valuable in industrial prototyping

Looking back at 2025 we'll be saying "Remember when they said everyone would lose their jobs to AI..."