The choice of Collins reflects the relevance of artificial intelligence in global discussions, highlighting its use and regulation.
As the end of 2023 approaches, several retrospectives on the main topics debated globally are emerging. Among them is the Collins Dictionary’s choice of word of the year, based on the frequency of use of a specific term. This year, reflecting global concern about new technologies, the word of the year was defined as “AI” or Artificial Intelligence.
With the potential to be both a tool that will revolutionize the development of society and a potentially alarming danger, the use of the term AI has quadrupled this year.
While other words also featured prominently, such as ultra-processed and Ulez, Collins managing director Alex Beecroft said the term was “the talking point of 2023. We know AI has been a big focus this year in how developed and quickly became as pervasive and embedded in our lives as email, streaming, or any other technology that was once futuristic but now everyday.
The announcement of Collins’ selection comes after a series of measures related to artificial intelligence, such as the summit that gave space to 100 world leaders, technology heads, academics and AI researchers to discuss how to expand the benefits of AI with minimal effort. risk.
Although several companies, such as OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind, have agreed to release some of their AI security guidelines, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received an open letter from international organizations, experts and activists. who regret that the meeting took place “behind closed doors”, limiting civil society’s access to this debate.
According to Collins, other terms widely used in 2023 were:
- Canon Event (Canonical event) – an event necessary for the formation of an individual’s character or identity. This term was popularized by the film Spider-Man Through the Spider-Verse, released this year, which addresses the concept of canonical events in the plot;
- Deinfluencing (Disinfluence) – advising followers on social media not to consume certain products or lifestyles;
- Greedflation (Greed-inflation) – taking advantage of high inflation as an argument to artificially increase prices, with the aim of increasing corporate profits;
- Nepo baby (Nepo baby) – a person who benefits from nepotism for having parents in conditions of privilege or social prestige, such as fame or purchasing power;
- Ultraprocessed (Ultra-processed) – food prepared using complex industrial methods with multiple ingredients, often including ingredients with little or no nutritional value, in addition to additives;
- Ulez – acronym for ultra-low emission zone, which is an urban area in which only vehicles that pollute less can enter without paying a fee.
In previous years, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and lockdown were some of the most used words.
* With information from the BBC
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