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Jobst Landgrebe, a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy

at the University at Buffalo specialising in the philosophy of AI, complex

systems, and the ontology of physics and mathematics, elaborates on the

concept of "hype cycles" which he explores in his book "The Hype Cycle."

Jobst describes hype cycles as cultural and scientific phenomena that are used

to govern societies in the absence of traditional faith or fea ...