AIpocalypse

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noun

One in which strong AI becomes so powerful that it overpowers humans and does things detrimental to human interests and quality of life.

First used 21st c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

nounAIpocalypse (plural AIpocalypses)

plural AIpocalypses

  1. Any of several proposed apocalypses that might be triggered by artificial intelligence.
    1. One in which strong AI becomes so powerful that it overpowers humans and does things detrimental to human interests and quality of life.First known use 21st c.
    2. One in which even weak AI causes such disruption of business models and/or negative sociobehavioural changes in humans that it leads to the collapse of an industry, of several industries, or of the entire global economy and civil society.First known use 21st c.

Origin

Blend of AI + apocalypse, or from AI + -pocalypse.

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APA

AIpocalypse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AIpocalypse

MLA

“AIpocalypse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AIpocalypse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AIpocalypse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AIpocalypse.

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