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(After Alvin Toffler’s ''The Shock of the New''): The tipping with any new technology fashion, fad or bright idea (GPT-3, [[Bring your own premises|Lockdown WFH]], [[Cryptobabble|Crypto]], AI art, HDR photography, 3D cinema, [[Outsourcing]], Total Quality Management, [[Human Resources]], when people go, “okay I see what's going on here: this seemed fun but is now kind of tiring and the output is essentially rubbish. Can we all get back to work now?”
(: The tipping with any new technology fashion, fad or bright idea (GPT-3, [[Bring your own premises|Lockdown WFH]], [[Cryptobabble|Crypto]], AI art, HDR photography, 3D cinema, [[Outsourcing]], Total Quality Management, [[Human Resources]], when people go, “okay I see what's going on here: this seemed fun but is now kind of tiring and the output is essentially rubbish. Can we all get back to work now?”
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*[[Gartner peak inflated expectations curve]]

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Novelty Fatigue
/ˈnɒvəlti fəˈtiːg/ (After Alvin Toffler’s “The Shock of the New”)(n.)

(: The tipping with any new technology fashion, fad or bright idea (GPT-3, Lockdown WFH, Crypto, AI art, HDR photography, 3D cinema, Outsourcing, Total Quality Management, Human Resources, when people go, “okay I see what's going on here: this seemed fun but is now kind of tiring and the output is essentially rubbish. Can we all get back to work now?”

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