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Dictionary.com reveals '67' is its 2025 Word of the Year (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Other terms that made the shortlist of finalists for this year's Word of the Year included "agnetic,"

Surely they mean "agentic", right? Right???

I searched for "agnetic" to see if I was out of the loop and it's kind of funny, kind of sad. I found a lot of what I guess is AI slop that took a typo and just ran with it. Like this one: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clash-intelligences-agnetic-ai-vs-agent-explained-robin-biwre

Agnetic AI is a newer conceptual framework that extends beyond the traditional agent-based model. The term "Agnetic" is derived from the word "magnetic," signifying its dynamic, adaptive nature.

https://www.agnetic.ai/ also looks like slop, but it's realllllly hard to distinguish between AI bullshit and traditional tech marketing bullshit.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 23 hours ago

Traditional tech marketing bullshit is also slop. It just isn't always AI slop.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Slop" ought to be another word that's gained popularity in use. I'm still having trouble with it, mainly because I think it's overused a lot in short insults and dismissals of things. Not aimed at you here, at least you define WHY you consider it in that category. I'm talking more the "AI slop" that mirrors the "fake news" or "git gud" or any other reply that avoids actual discussion and screams "I hate this, but have nothing more to contribute".

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

“slop” didn’t explode in popularity this year tho

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Any idea when it became a thing online? It seemed to coincide with when AI images started to get a lot better (and thus used a lot more), and that could have been a few years ago, or this year, depending on your standard of "better".

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

it used to be used in a racist way on 4chan for media that was made for mass consumption, contrasted by things that were flawed but had "sovl" (soul).