Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies
Expert InsightsPublished Feb 28, 2024
Inaccurate or excessive hype surrounding emerging technologies can have several negative effects, including poor decisionmaking by both private companies and the U.S. government. The United States needs a comprehensive approach to understanding and assessing public discourse–driven hype surrounding emerging technologies, but current methods for measuring technology hype are insufficient for developing policies to manage it. The authors of this paper describe an approach to analyzing technology hype.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 2024
- Pages: 6
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/PEA3137-1
- Document Number: PE-A3137-1
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Chowdhury, Swaptik and Timothy Marler, Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies, RAND Corporation, PE-A3137-1, February 2024. As of September 23, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA3137-1.html
Chowdhury, Swaptik and Timothy Marler, Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2024. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA3137-1.html.
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