What Counts as an Emerging Technology?

This lesson defines what counts as an emerging technology and why the label matters for strategy, investment, and organizational learning. Students learn to distinguish true emergence from hype, maturity, and simple novelty.

It introduces practical criteria for recognizing an emerging technology: rapid change, uncertain adoption, shifting use cases, and a plausible path to broader impact. It also clarifies what this course will and will not treat as emerging, so learners can evaluate technologies with a consistent framework in later lessons.