criti-hype

To save words below, I will refer to criticism that both feeds and feeds on hype as criti-hype, a term I find both absurd and ugly-cute, like a pug.

You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype Lee Vinsel 2021

In his article “You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype” Lee Vinsel coined the term criti-hype.

A Modern AI-Fable: From Criti-Hype to Hype Hopping to Big Bang. - The House of Ethics™ ai 2024

Basically Vinsel defines criti-hype as “the kinds of critics that I am talking about invert boosters’ messages — they retain the picture of extraordinary change but focus instead on negative problems and risks.

A Modern AI-Fable: From Criti-Hype to Hype Hopping to Big Bang. - The House of Ethics™ ai 2024

To save words below, I will refer to criticism that both feeds and feeds on hype as criti-hype, a term I find both absurd and ugly-cute, like a pug.

You're Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype lee vinsel 2026

In 2021, Lee Vinsel, a professor of science and technology studies, coined the term “criti-hype” to describe this phenomenon, when critics take at face value the extravagant claims of developers, tech executives, and entrepreneurs about “how technologies, such as ‘AI,’ self-driving cars, genetic engineering, the ‘sharing economy,’ blockchain, and cryptocurrencies, will lead to massive societal shifts in the near-future” and reiterate them as certain dooms.

The postman always rings twice Rob Horning 2026