QuantumHypeDetector

QuantumHypeDetector is a hype-detecting browser extension that highlights Jackwords in red, hypewords in orange, and weasel words in yellow.

This is version 0.1. It's not perfect, but it will highlight words on your webpages that might indicate the presence of hype. This follows the publication of "Quantum Hype Suppression," in which I included links to Google News and Bing News classified into five levels of hype, from most severe to least severe.

TECHNICAL DISCLAIMER

Because the QuantumHypeDetector is Javascript, it may interfere with the operation of some websites. For example, I noticed some issues while using LinkedIn and Medium. However, I used other websites just fine. The cautionary tale, though, is to toggle the extension off if it causes any conflicts and toggle it back on before reading quantum news. I went with 0.1 as the version in acknowledgment of this issue.

RED JACKWORDS

"Jackwords," as I'm affectionately calling them, are drawn from Jack Krupansky's Cheat Sheet for Quantum Computing Hype. I'm using a streamlined version of his list to get this started. 

ORANGE HYPEWORDS

"Hypewords," as I'm calling them, include ambiguity, buzzwords, emotional appeals, exaggeration, jargon, and vague claims. Their use is not exclusive to quantum computing.

YELLOW WEASEL WORDS

Weasel words are speculative, not established. Just because something could happen, might happen, or should happen, doesn't mean that it will. Their use is also not exclusive to quantum computing.