December 30 (Chen Caixia, Meng Xiangjun) If you use one word and one word to describe the year 2023 that has just passed, what is the word of the year in your mind?
At the end of the year, the annual hot word list of many platforms around the world gave a variety of answers, laying a footnote for the upcoming 2023.
Expensive", "deceitful", "forgetting righteousness for profit", "AI" ......These buzzwords not only reflect people's thinking and review of their own lives, social changes and human development, but also profoundly highlight people's concerns about various crises and challenges at present and in the future.
"Hallucination" vs. "Real":
AI keyword searches have surged.
Former US **Trump on the streets of New York** "Indian Prime Minister Modi dances a traditional dance" and "Biden declares the start of World War III" ......Since 2023, there have been continuous appearances on the Internet made by generative AI, which are difficult to distinguish between real and fake.
In the past year, AI-related products have emerged in an endless stream, such as artificial intelligence paintings that have become popular all over the Internet, chatbots that know everything, and digital human ...... that bring goods live 24 hours a dayArtificial intelligence technology is booming and integrated into thousands of industries. Against this backdrop, the three major dictionaries, Collins, Cambridge Dictionary and Merriam-Webster, have rarely agreed that the word of the year is related to artificial intelligence (AI).
In November 2023, an enterprise factory in Hangzhou, China, applied intelligent handling robots. Data map.
On November 1, the Collins Dictionary announced that the word of the year for 2023 is "artificial intelligence". According to the Collins Dictionary, "AI is seen as the next technological revolution that is growing rapidly and is becoming a topic of conversation in 2023." ”
On November 15, the British "Cambridge Dictionary" also named the word of the year - "hallucinate". The term is also related to artificial intelligence, with hallucinate's traditional definition being "what appears to see, hear, feel, or smell something that isn't there, usually for health reasons or because of taking drugs," but now the dictionary has added a new definition to it, which is "false information generated by artificial intelligence."
Merriam-Webster announced on Nov. 27 that the word of the year was "authentic." According to Merriam-Webster Publishing, authentic was also a hot search term in previous years, but in 2023, artificial intelligence technology has become a hot topic, and the search volume of this term has surged.
Pete Sokolovsky, contributing editor at Merriam-Webster Dictionary, said, "We see 2023 as a year of crisis for authenticity. In his view, when people become more and more suspicious of the authenticity of things, they also attach more importance to authenticity.
As New York Times technology writer Kevin Ruth put it, "I feel an ominous premonition that AI has crossed a threshold and that the world will never be the same." ”
A "recorder" of social change
Asia is more focused on the present and the crisis.
Looking forward to the changes brought by scientific and technological innovation to mankind, it seems that some "high" is difficult to understand, and people in many regions seem to be more pragmatic and pay more attention to the present. "Tax", "fraud", "forgetting profit" ......What is the story behind the word of the year selected by Asian countries?
On December 10, South Korea's "Professor News" announced the 2023 idiom as "forgetting righteousness for profit". A recommendation committee of 20 Korean university professors recommended 26 idioms, and Professor News selected 5 of them to conduct a questionnaire survey among 1,315 Korean university professors. The results show that "forgetting righteousness for profit" ranks first.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Byung-ki, an honorary professor at Jeonbuk University who recommended "forgetting righteousness for profit," said, "South Korean politicians pay more attention to their own interests than to guide the people correctly." These politicians develop and implement policies in a direction that is beneficial to their own interests".
On the same day, Malaysia's 2023 Chinese Character of the Year was announced, and the character "expensive" was elected. Wu Tianquan, president of the Malaysian Chinese Assembly Hall, said that the people's election of "expensive" as the Chinese character of the year shows that prices have become a livelihood issue, and more attention should be paid to people with economic pressure and more welfare measures should be provided for them.
Screenshot of NHK report.
On December 12, at the scene of Japan's annual kanji press conference, the abbot of Kiyomizuji Temple in Kyoto City, Mori Kiyomi Fan wrote the word "tax". After 2014, the character "tax" was selected as Japan's kanji of the year for the second time.
The Japan Kanji Proficiency Testing Association believes that in the past year, there has been endless discussion about tax increases in Japan, coupled with the proposed one-time fixed tax reduction for income tax and other taxes, as well as the reform of the consumption tax invoice system and the stricter auditing standards for hometown tax payment have aroused heated discussions in the society.
Japan's "Kyoto Shimbun" reported that the word "tax" reflects the uneasiness and annoyance of the Japanese people over the debate over tax increases and tax reductions over the past year.
On December 25, Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" announced the voting results of the 2023 "Zishu One Year" Chinese Character of the Year, and the character "fraud" was selected as Singapore's 2023 Chinese Character of the Year.
Data released in October 2023 by the Global Anti-Fraud Alliance and data service provider Scamadviser showed that from August 2022 to August 2023, fraud gangs defrauded 1S$4 trillion (about 7.)54 trillion yuan), while Singapore's per capita loss is about 5,538 Singapore dollars, the highest in the world.
Li Huiling, president of Singapore's Chinese ** Group, said that "fraud" is a global behavior and a moral issue. "Today's fraudsters don't even have to look at the target of the fraud, and the fraud is even more insensitive. Li Huiling believes that human beings will devote more energy and resources to research and development of new technologies, climate change and other issues, but lack reflection on more essential human problems.
Internet slang has gone viral.
Touch the beating pulse of Gen Z.
According to the New York Times, on December 3, Oxford University Press, the world's second-oldest academic publishing house, selected the Internet buzzword "rizz" (glamour).
According to the report, "rizz" is a common slang term used on the emerging Internet to mean "style, glamour, attractiveness" or "the ability to attract romantic or sexual partners." The word is taken from the middle part of the English word "charisma".
Data map: British actor Tom Holland.
In June 2023, British actor Tom Holland, who starred in the "Spider-Man" series, contributed to the word "fire", saying in an interview, "I don't have any rizz, my rizz is limited." "With ** circulating online, the term is used exceptionally frequently.
According to Oxford University Press, the overall use of the word rizz has increased by about 15 times compared to the previous year, and it has also led to a large number of memes.
The 2023 selection reflects how social** has exponentially accelerated the pace of language change," said Casper Grathwall, Group President of Oxford Language Publishing.
And China's "Generation Z" also has its own keyword of the year. A few days ago, the editorial department of Shanghai's "Biting Words and Chewing Words" launched the top ten popular words of the year.
Special forces travel, conspicuous bags, dopamine wear, hitchhikers, emotional value ......These Internet buzzwords may be funny, self-deprecating, or open-minded, but they vividly describe the living conditions of young people in China. Out of a bunch of 2023 keyword terms of the year, which one do you prefer?Come and take a seat!(ENDS).