AI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ā′ī′
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈʌi̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈəi̯/
ipa: /ˌeːˈaj/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: AIs
form: A.I.
Senses: examples: text: “Wintermute is the recognition code for an AI. I've got the Turing Registry Numbers. Artificial Intelligence.”
ref: 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 73:
text: The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Codex entry:
text: The result, Gurry said, will be many new AI-based methods and products that can change lives across the world.
ref: 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019:
text: A Vatican directive supplements such principles and states AI should be “explainable” to humans, i.e., we should be able to explain the reasons for a decision made by AI. The document also states that AI should avoid discrimination.
ref: 2022, Catriona Campbell, AI by Design: A Plan for Living with Artificial Intelligence (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series), Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN:
text: The same is true for AIs that play (and win) these games.
ref: 2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023:
text: An aside: None of this danger depends on whether or not AIs are or can be conscious; it’s intrinsic to the notion of powerful cognitive systems that optimize hard and calculate outputs that meet sufficiently complicated outcome criteria.
ref: 2023 March 29, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “The Open Letter on AI Doesn't Go Far Enough”, in TIME, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2023:
text: The report illustrated how easily matters of authorship can be muddled with AI using the example of a Gemini-generated cat smoking a pipe and reading a newspaper.
ref: 2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnews:
coordinate_terms: AGI
ASI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial intelligence.
coordinate_terms: AGI
ASI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial intelligence.
A specific artificial intelligence program, such as the chatbot ChatGPT.
examples: text: The character you are not controlling will follow you around and attack using [Sword of Mana]'s AI.
ref: 2003 December 23, “Epic Preview”, in Nintendo Power, volume 174, Sword of Mana, page 108:
topics: video-games
coordinate_terms: AGI
ASI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial intelligence.
The system that controls the behavior of enemies and non-player characters.
topics: video-games
coordinate_terms: AGI
ASI
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: Initialism of artificial intelligence.
A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player.
synonyms: NPC
CPU
bot
topics: management
glosses: Initialism of action item.
glosses: Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of articulatory index.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of artificial insemination.
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Initialism of adequate intake.
glosses: Abbreviation of angiotensin I.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic.
glosses: Initialism of attitude indicator.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Initialism of air integration.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of academic integrity.
glosses: Initialism of amelogenesis imperfecta.
Derived terms: agentic AI
AI art
AI artist
AI bro
AI-first
AI-native
AIOps
AIpocalypse
AI slop
AI washing
AI whisperer
AI winter
frontier AI
generative AI
Related terms: sense: angiotensin I
word: AII
sense: angiotensin I
word: AIII
sense: angiotensin I
word: AIV