London CNN —Collins Dictionary has named “AI” as its word of the year, defining it as an “abbreviation for artificial intelligence: the modelling of human mental functions by computer programs.”“Considered to be the next great technological revolution, AI has seen rapid development and has been much talked about in 2023,” the UK-based dictionary publisher said in a statement announcing its decision.
While AI’s capabilities in mimicking human speech fascinated people at first, they were also the source of some anxiety, according to Collins.
“If computers were suddenly experts in that most human of domains, language, what next?
Cue an explosion of debate, scrutiny, and prediction, and more than enough justification for Collins’ 2023 Word of the Year: AI,” the statement continues.
The inaugural Global AI Summit on AI Safety got underway in the United Kingdom Wednesday.
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