Why Is Everyone in Silicon Valley Talking Like That?
Did you mix something up? Maybe you’re just “hallucinating.”
TL;DR
- Silicon Valley jargon is evolving, with people using AI terms like "hallucinating" and "context rot" to describe themselves.
- This trend, termed modelmorphism, reflects a historical tendency for language to absorb terms from technological revolutions.
- AI metaphors, like "stochastic parrots," are being debated and applied to human cognition.
- Historical examples show language changing with technologies such as the Industrial Revolution and railroads.
- Artificial neural networks, inspired by the brain, are prompting comparisons between AI and human cognition, though these are debated.
- Past technological models for the brain included catapults, telegraphs, and computers.
- While some find these AI analogies dehumanizing, others use them to reflect on their own cognitive processes.
- AI-inspired slang may eventually become common, losing its technological origin, similar to phrases like "derailed."