Etymology

AI notkilleveryoneism

AI not·kill·every·one·ism

Today it means: AI safety (to prevent artificial intelligence causing harms such as literal human extinction). Full definition →

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From AI + not + kill + everyone + -ism. Coined by Twitter user Tetraspace (@TetraspaceWest) in 2022 and popularized by American AI researcher and writer (born 1979) Eliezer Yudkowsky.

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