Post #3001339
2026-04-18 20:15 UTC
@FlohEinstein@chaos.social The Faeroese use the word "vitlíki" for AI, composed of "vit" = knowledge and "líki" = similar to or a substitute of. In Icelandic "smjörlíki" = margarine and "bjórlíki" was a dreadful mixture supposed to imitate beer, so the "líki" part has plenty of negative/diminutive resonance.
Thus "vitlíki" is something that tries to imitate proper intelligence, but falls short of its goal.
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@FlohEinstein@chaos.social 2026-04-19 02:52
@sv1@mastodon.social 😄 quite accurate, the Faeroese. Reminds me of this exchange from Terry Pratchett's Hogfather about the thinking engine Hex: 'Of course, Hex doesn’t actually think. Not as such. It just appears to be thinking.’ ‘Ah. Like the Dean,’ said Ridcully.