New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

By: Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of Virginia, and Thomas H. Davenport, Babson College, The Conversation

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Published: November 12, 2025

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By Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of Virginia, and Thomas H. Davenport, Babson College

Technological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, some have proclaimed that “a year in machine learning is a century in any other field.” But how do you know whether those advancements are hype or reality?

Failures quickly multiply when there’s a deluge of new technology, especially when these developments haven’t been properly tested or fully understood. …

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