@provokedeconomy.bsky.social new article for our series at @techpolicypress.bsky.social: "Hype, Paranoia, and the Fascist Propensity in Tech". It explains how "value panic" sanctifies value creators while value destroyers are presented as a cast of enemies —just like fascism sees immigrants ☠️

I wrote about the AI Hype in Legal Regulation for the excellent hype series curated by Jascha Bareis and @imaginaries.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social

@coppicejt.bsky.social @josef.is @imhelenj.bsky.social

We created a Hype Literacy course for journalists with @akademie.dw.com 🔥Also relevant for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in how tech narratives shape public understanding. Great work by Jascha Bareis, @imaginaries.bsky.social @klingebeil.bsky.social ▶️ shorturl.at/bDJU4

Why do politicians want AI to go faster? @sarahoconnorft.ft.com

New article out in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: 'How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers' Read it here: tinyurl.com/4s2u68px AI hype isn’t marketing, it’s a cover story disguising exploitation as "progress" and reframing colonial extraction as "innovation". Let’s break it down 🧵

Reminder about our paid book cover commission - one week left to apply!

Our first community hangout is coming soon! Our first meeting is scheduled for 19th March, 2026, 2PM GMT / 7.30 PM Kolkata time. Let's get to know each other and plan future sessions: reading groups, work in progress, feedback sessions...

Artist/designer wanted!

We promised more news about the upcoming Hype Studies Glossary so let's start with page 1! 🥦 Recruitment call: book cover illustrator/designer 🧀 Whoever came up with the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" must be a audible user. We're definitely in the "picture is worth a 1000 words" camp!

We're waking up from the winter slumber to share some very exciting news! We've signed a book contract! "Hype Studies: A Glossary" is coming to your shelves in 2027. We are delighted to share we've signed a book contract with open access publisher, transcript Verlag.

If you’re at @mozilla.org Fest this Saturday, join @hypestudies.bsky.social for a conversation on hype as a tech governance instrument by other means. The discussion will be facilitated through the first version of our Hype Literacy Toolkit 🖖 🔗 schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/31

When a tech bubble grows, venture capital cashes in. Its high risk, high reward model depends on constantly persuading others that its futures matter. That’s why VC has a structural need for hype. Read my latest piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social + @hypestudies.bsky.social

I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

💻Comenzamos una colaboración con @hypestudies.bsky.social para publicar sus análisis sobre tecnopolítica, aquí va el primero: 📈Por qué está aumentando el hype por la tecnología y qué tiene que ver el capital riesgo con ello. https://elsal.to/46385

First #16 on The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social — “a wonderful riposte to the magical thinking propelling the indiscriminate deployment of generative AI.” S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾 #FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco

With a nod to our @hypestudies.bsky.social meeting last week in Barcelona. Thanks Eryk.

Was amazing to have both @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and Christo join us for the @hypestudies.bsky.social conference!

@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾‍💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco

Thank you @klingebeil.bsky.social for introducing me to HYPE: A Critical Field Guide. 🙌🏾 This will be a very useful pocket-sized reference as I begin to navigate @hypestudies.bsky.social johannesklingebiel.de/portfolio/a-...

Thank you to the Hype Studies group for bringing together such an eclectic group of scholars, practitioners, & artists at this conference! 🙌🏽 The critical experimental & non-hierarchical approach reminded me of Sarai :)

Lovely meeting you @sandeepmertia.bsky.social, thanks for joining us! 🙏 @hypestudies.bsky.social

📢 and who is looking for a job from December!

i wonder what they made of this at the @hypestudies.bsky.social conference last week

A few highlights from @hypestudies.bsky.social conference day 2! Thanks to all involved for another great day 🙏

Believe the hype. @hypestudies.bsky.social @danishanley.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

Here was my first data point. The billionaires are relaxed about the AI bubble. They're owning the hype cycle. So how does hype studies respond? @hypestudies.bsky.social

So many insights springing out of our Hype Studies conference in Barcelona. One, from investigative journalist Christo Buschek: the news outfits currently winning are those that resisted the previous wave of online hype @hypestudies.bsky.social. Christo was one of the team behind this

Last day of @hypestudies.bsky.social conference. All sorts of cool stuff going on! ✨

And that's a wrap! @hypestudies.bsky.social conference over and out! 🫡Thank you so much to all the incredible people who attended. This is what academia can be 🫶

Thought provoking panel on Socio-ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare and Hype. Excellent presentations by Thomas Tsakalakis, Gili Yaron and Violet Petit-Steeghs, Sofie Kronberger, Albina Abzalova, and Roanne van Voorst, Ph.D. who also, masterfully, chaired the session.

So chuffed to get my hands on a physical copy of @klingebeil.bsky.social's beautiful "Hype: A Critical Field Guide" 💫 Since putting it together, Johannes has sent out over 700 copies 🔥 get yours here: johannesklingebiel.de/portfolio/a-...

Here we go, keynote time @hypestudies.bsky.social conference. Packed room here and around 50 people tuning in online! @gemmamilne.bsky.social rocking it, as per. 🔥🔥🔥

@hypestudies.bsky.social hitting the town!

Looks like an amazing conference organised by the @hypestudies.bsky.social crew in Barcelona. Great work from @danishanley.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social and many [email protected].

💮Keynote time💮 🔥Excited to close the first day of our conference with a talk by the amazing Gemma Milne on 'Hype and the Age of Badness'🔥 Opening by our Dani Shanley! @gemmamilne.bsky.social @danishanley.bsky.social

TODAY! 🤩 @gemmamilne.bsky.social

Fantastic panel today on 'AI Hype: Between Power and Resistance' with amazing contributions by Kat Fuller, @danmk.bsky.social, Tianqi Kou, Dana Calacci, Nasser Eledroos, and Jacek Mańko who also acted as stellar chair, debating power across multiple themes, from anti-trans hype to AGI!

Hosted by Ezequiel Soriano, greetings from our Shitpublishing Workshop! 'Nuff said.

A very special applause for our group's rising star Isa Luiten! Isa not only presented her amazing work on NewSpace and Hype from her forthcoming Thesis, but is also our tireless research assistant, keeping the Hype Studies group and conference in place. Thank you, Isa!

We are most honoured to host our book launch event for Neil Pollock and Robin Williams's deeply anticipated 'After Hype'!

Pulling up to @hypestudies.bsky.social at UOC Barcelona #uxmichaelco #TomorrowsEssaysBeingWrittenToday

I wish I was here;

We were really honoured to see a full room and so many online attendees at our conference's Opening session. Picture 4: what our audience is presently hyped about 😊😊

Suuuuuper HYPED!

Final preparations for our conference! 🎩 We are tremendously excited to welcome all participants in-person and online tomorrow for the first conference on Hype Studies! The time has come 😊😊 Wishing safe travels to all those who are joining us from afar!

Please join some amazing researchers for a discussion of their research into the roles metaphors play in shaping perceptions: Exploring metaphors of AI: visualisations, narratives, and perceptions Online @hypestudies.bsky.social 10th Sept 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST hypestudies.org/conference/c...

What is deep hype? 🕳️ This week at @hypestudies.bsky.social Conference I'll present a paper where I define deep hype as a "long-term dynamic that projects civilisational transformation through uncertain futures, making its promises unverifiable in the present" arxiv.org/pdf/2508.19749

Preparations are almost complete. The countdown is on! aaaand there's still time to join us online. Register via hypestudies.org/conference/c...