Gartner's Hype Cycle: Examining AI and Emerging Technology Trends

This essay provides an overview of the Gartner Hype Cycle and its application to emerging technologies, particularly focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI), transparent immersive experiences, and platform revolution. It discusses the evolution of AI, including smart machine technologies and virtual personal assistants, and how these have advanced over the past five years. The essay also examines transparent immersive experiences, highlighting the shift towards human-centric technology and the evolution of connected home technology. Furthermore, it explores the platform revolution, including blockchain technology and the Internet of Things, and its impact on digital society and smart city applications. The essay concludes by emphasizing the continuous growth of technology and its limitless potential due to ongoing research and development.

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Gartner hype cycle for
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Gartner hype cycle for emerging technologies
 Gartner Hype Cycle refers to a tool that presents information regarding the
adoption of the latest technologies that may be useful in exploiting new
market ideas or opportunities (Linden & Fenn, 2003).
 The Gartner Hype cycle also describes how technology will evolve in the
future hence being able to provide valuable insights on how to apply it to
specific goals.
 This hype cycle ventures into different technologies which have evolved
over time but in this case, I will focus on how three of such technologies
have evolved in the past four to five years.

The Gartner hype cycle

Artificial Intelligence
 To begin with, we have smart machine technologies. This technology is
also known as Artificial Intelligence.
 This kind of technology has been regarded to be one of the most disruptive
classes of technology in the next ten years due to its unprecedented
advances and radical computational power (Columbus, 2017).
 Over the years it has undergone a lot of advancements and it is perceived
that it will allow organizations with such kind of technology to harness
data to keep up with new situations or solve current problems.
 For example, in the past five years, smart technologies have been
employed in Autonomous Vehicles programs hence proving to be
worthwhile in the future.

Artificial Intelligence
 Also, virtual personal assistants which are part of the smart technologies,
are already being implemented and are expected to take over the mobile
platforms (Pentina & Le, 2012).
 From the last five years, robotic technology has gone through innovation
hence application of new technology such as drones has been
implemented.

Example of smart technologies

Transparent immersive experiences
 Secondly, we have transparent immersive experiences. This technology
includes 4D printing, brain-computer interface, and Nano-tube electronics.
 This kind of technology has evolved from time to time and has proved to
become more human-centric to the point that this technology will promote
transparency between people (Kietzmann & Berthon, 2015).

Comparison between Gartner Hype Cycle for
Emerging trends 2012 and 2017

Transparent immersive experiences
 However, as the technology has evolved in the past five years, it has
proved that the relationship it introduces among people will be more
adaptive and fluid both at home and also at work.
 Also, the connected home technology has moved from its innovation
stage to the implementation stage.
 This technology has been received warmly. For example, this technology
has the ability to allow a person to control the temperature in his or her
house remotely.

Example of Transparent immersive experiences

Platform revolution
 Lastly, we have the platform revolution. This refers to bridge between
humans and computers.
 For example, technologies such as blockchain technology, quantum
computing, and the internet of things. The introduction of cryptocurrency
has influenced the digital society (Cearley & Claunch, 2012).

Platform revolution
 Over the past five years, it has undergone significant developments hence
promising on smart city applications (Pettey & van der 2012).
 However, the technology has seemed to drop on the Gartner hype cycle
chart thus raising a lot of confusion.
 According to the Morgan Stanley report, the blockchain technology is
presumed to take time in both its development and long-term industry
adoption.
 In conclusion, technology is said to grow every day. Therefore, I believe its
growth will never be limited since new information and research is coming
in from different sources.