jumping into trendy bandwagons

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Being too close to AI progress forces you to learn these: How to avoid jumping into trendy bandwagons, how to set aside the fear of missing out (FOMO), how to maintain your hype at healthy levels, and how to keep your critical thinking sharp.

Source: Do You Also Feel AI Is Going Too Fast? by Alberto Romero

Does "jumping into trendy bandwagons" mean the same as "jump on the bandwagon"?
 

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I suspect that's a typo and it should have said "onto" and, yes, it's a variation on that set phrase. If it's not a typo, the author might think the idiom is "jump in the bandwagon" but I'm not aware that's the case anywhere in the world.
 

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I suspect the writer just got the idiom wrong. It should be on, or possibly onto.

The word trendy is the writer's own addition to the fixed phrase.
 
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