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Translingual

Symbol

AI

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Anguilla since 1985.
    Synonym: AIA (alpha-3)
  2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Afars and the Issas from 1974 to 1977.
    Synonyms: AFI (alpha-3 1974–1977), DJ (1977–present, as Djibouti)

Usage notes

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Noun

AI (countable and uncountable, plural AIs)

  1. (artificial intelligence, countable and uncountable) Initialism of artificial intelligence.
    Coordinate terms: AGI, ASI
    • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 73:
      “Wintermute is the recognition code for an AI. I've got the Turing Registry Numbers. Artificial Intelligence.”
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Codex entry:
      The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative.
    • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
      The result, Gurry said, will be many new AI-based methods and products that can change lives across the world.
    • 2022, Catriona Campbell, AI by Design: A Plan for Living with Artificial Intelligence (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series)‎, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN:
      A Vatican directive supplements such principles and states AI should be “explainable” to humans, i.e., we should be able to explain the reasons for a decision made by AI. The document also states that AI should avoid discrimination.
    • 2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:
      The same is true for AIs that play (and win) these games.
    • 2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnews:
      The report illustrated how easily matters of authorship can be muddled with AI using the example of a Gemini-generated cat smoking a pipe and reading a newspaper.
  2. (management) Initialism of action item.
  3. (British airforce) Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar).
  4. (phonetics) Initialism of articulatory index.
  5. (agriculture) Initialism of artificial insemination.
  6. (nutrition) Initialism of adequate intake.
  7. Abbreviation of angiotensin I.
  8. (linguistics, anthropology) Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic.
  9. (video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player.
    Synonyms: NPC, CPU, bot
  10. Initialism of attitude indicator.
  11. (underwater diving) Initialism of air integration.
  12. (education) Initialism of academic integrity.
  13. Initialism of amelogenesis imperfecta.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

AI (third-person singular simple present AIs, present participle AIing, simple past and past participle AIed)

  1. (informal) To use artificial intelligence to search for or generate content.

Proper noun

AI

  1. (aviation) Initialism of Air India.
  2. (television) Initialism of American Idol.
  3. Initialism of Amnesty International.

Further reading

(artificial intelligence)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AI.

Noun

AI c

  1. Synonym of kunstig intelligens (artificial intelligence); AI

Synonyms

References

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

AI

  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Appenzell Innerrhoden (canton)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

AI (plural AI-AI)

  1. (computing) Initialism of akal imitasi (artificial intelligence).

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology

From English AI.

Pronunciation

Noun

AI(エーアイ) (ēai

  1. Synonym of 人工知能 (jinkō chinō, artificial intelligence); AI

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AI.

Pronunciation

Noun

AI

  1. Initialism of kecerdasan buatan.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English AI. According to SO attested since 1979.

Noun

AI c

  1. (artificial intelligence) Initialism of artificiell intelligens.
  2. (video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player.
    Synonyms: NPC, bot

Declension

Declension of AI
nominative genitive
singular indefinite AI AI:s
definite AI:n AI:ns
plural indefinite AI:ar AI:ars
definite AI:arna AI:arnas

References

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English AI.

Pronunciation

Noun

AI

  1. Synonym of trí tuệ nhân tạo (artificial intelligence); AI