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Oct 17, 2026GeekWire
regional: Etzioni on AI: The colorful and cranky language of the AI
AI researchers Oren Etzioni and Daniel S. Weld have released a new GeekWire glossary of over 35 non-technical AI terms, revealing a "cranky" vocabulary heavily focused on AI's problems and potential harms. They define terms like "AI slop," "deepfakes," and "brain rot," alongside their own coinages such as "AI slap," "promptatory," and "agentsomnia," noting a distinct lack of common phrases for AI's positive impacts.
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