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Each year Cambridge Dictionary announces a word as Word of the Year. This year the dictionary declared the word hallucinate as Word of the Year. The special thing is that usually a word is chosen for this which is not already present in the dictionary but this year it has not happened. Hallucinate is a popular English word mostly used in medical science.
In such a situation, the question is why Cambridge Dictionary chose this pre-recorded word as Word of the Year, what does it mean and how much has been changed in its definition.
What does hallucinate mean?
It means to appear, hear, see, or feel something that is not actually there. Generally it is seen in relation to health. Or a situation arises when a person is intoxicated. Cambridge dictionary gave this definition of hallucinate long ago. The dictionary changed its definition this year.
Why choose Year of the World?
This year the dictionary added artificial intelligence to a new definition of the word hallucinate. According to the dictionary, artificial intelligence creates illusions, it gives false information. For some time now, its use has increased during discussions of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Now we understand why the dictionary has chosen the word hallucinate as the Year of the Word for the year 2023. Explaining the reason, Cambridge University AI ethicist Dr. Henry Shevlin says that the word hallucination is being used all over the world to describe the errors caused by systems like ChatGPT. Which explains how we’re thinking about AI and humanizing it.
They say, we have been surrounded by false and misleading information for a long time. Be it in the form of misconception or misinformation. Although these are commonly known as man-made thoughts, a hallucination is one that is not connected to reality.
The Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2023 is 🥁
hallucinate (verb): When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information.
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— Cambridge Dictionary (@CambridgeWords) November 15, 2023
How is the Year of the Word determined?
Since 2015, Cambridge Dictionary has announced a Word of the Year every year. Several things are taken into consideration while declaring it. For example, the issue that was discussed throughout the year and which word was used the most. What is its significance? Keeping these trivia in mind, the team selects a word and declares it as the Word of the Year.
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