Dictionary.com adds a bunch of AI-related words

In one other signal generative AI has pierced by mass consciousness, Dictionary.com has added generative AI, GPT, and LLM to its checklist of words.

It additionally expanded the definition of hallucinate within the context of generative AI, the place it means to provide false data opposite to the intent of the person and current the data as if it had been true.

The website, which additionally runs Thesaurus.com (aka my greatest writing pal), introduced 566 new entries and 348 new definitions for the autumn of 2023 “as the dictionary works to keep pace with the ever-changing English language.” 

Other new words or expanded definitions embrace nepo child (a superstar with a well-known mum or dad), jawn (one thing or somebody that doesn’t want a particular phrase), biohacking (strategic organic experimentation particularly on one’s self), algo (pc algorithm), and knowledge air pollution (the introduction of falsehood, irrelevance, bias, and sensationalism into a supply of data, ensuing within the dilution of important information). 

Words from different languages, like hanbok (Korean conventional costume), jolabokaflod (an Icelandic custom the place books are given as Christmas presents), and kakeibo (a Japanese time period for a system sustaining a family funds) had been additionally added.

The firm behind Dictionary.com didn’t simply add generative AI to its thesaurus. It additionally runs an AI-powered writing instrument referred to as Grammar Coach.

Dictionary.com and different dictionaries regularly replace phrase lists as sure words, phrases, and meanings enter the favored lexicon or change. Which words they select so as to add usually current a snapshot of popular culture for that interval. Last yr, the positioning added shadow ban, assessment bombing, and pickleball. 

Popular tech phrases usually make it into dictionaries; metaverse, for instance, nearly gained the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2022 “Word of the Year.” Too unhealthy it misplaced out to goblin mode. 

Now, if solely the spellcheck on Google Docs adopted swimsuit.