David Phillips at Leverwealth has created an online PR hype cycle showing how Web 2.0 has generated a a resurgence of interest and propelled the field toward the plateau of productivity.
Hans Uszkoreit gives a history of the machine translation hype cycle , concluding (hoping?) that the technology is finally on the slope of enlightenment. He also points out insightfully that this field is one where the fractal nature of the hype cycle may come into play: “Perhaps in fact the Hype Cycle is fractal, each slope containing smaller mini peaks and troughs within the overall pattern. It may prove hard to distinguish clearly between those old “inflated expectations” and the current widespread “hype” that there will be genuine productivity when Enlightenment is attained and new projects come to fruition within the (proverbial) next five years. Or to put it more bluntly, will MT ever grow into a visible business over and beyond its role as a technology add-on?”
Ryan Saghir also gives a brief history of satellite radio’s journey through the hype cycle, and triggers some lively debate about whether Sirius XM is in the trough of disillusionment.
