'AI' named most notable word of 2023 by Collins dictionary
From: The Guardian
1.The technology that is set to dominate the future – for good or ill – is now the
word of the year. “AI” has been named the most notable word of 2023 by the
dictionary publisher Collins.
2.Defined as “the modelling of human mental functions by computer programs”, AI
was chosen because it “has accelerated at such a fast pace and become the dominant
conversation of 2023”, the publisher said. The use of the word (strictly an initialism)
has quadrupled over the past year.
3.It was chosen from a list of new terms that the publisher said reflect “our
ever-evolving language and the concerns of those who use it”. They include
“greedflation”, defined as “the use of inflation as an excuse to raise prices to
artificially high levels in order to increase corporate profits”, and “debanking”, “the
act of depriving a person of banking facilities”.
4.“Nepo baby”, the term used to describe the sons and daughters of celebrities
whose careers are assumed to have taken off thanks to their famous parent, and
“deinfluencing” made the list. “Deinfluencing” is defined by Collins lexicographers
as “the use of social media to warn followers to avoid certain commercial products,
lifestyle choices, etc”.
5.The annual word of the year is selected by lexicographers monitoring a range of
sources, including social media, according to the publisher. Last year's term was
“permacrisis”, while “NFT” was chosen the previous year. Perhaps unsurprisingly,
2020's word of the year was “lockdown”.
6.Health concerns were prominent in 2023, according to the publisher.
“Ultra-processed”, meaning food that is “prepared using complex industrial methods
from multiple ingredients, often including ingredients with little or no nutritional
value”, is listed, as is “semaglutide”, the appetite-suppressing medication. The use of
the term has tripled in the past year.
7.The acronym “Ulez” made the cut – the term meaning ultra-low emissions zone
that refers to an area of central London in which more polluting vehicles are
restricted.
8.“Bazball”, a style of test cricket in which the batting side plays in a highly
aggressive manner, was noted by the dictionary, named after the former New Zealand
cricketer and coach, Brendon “Baz” McCullum. The term “canon event”, “an episode
that is essential to the formation of an individual's character or identity”, became
popular thanks to the movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
9.Alex Beecroft, the managing director of Collins, said there was “no question” that
AI had been “the talking point of 2023”.
10.“We know that AI has been a big focus this year in the way that it has developed
and has quickly become as ubiquitous and embedded in our lives as email, streaming
or any other once futuristic, now everyday technology.”
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