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A field guide to the words changing how we build, work and think—from token and transformer to AI agents and vibe coding.
360 terms
10 topics
1847–2026 timeline
Latest update · October 2026
New in the AI Dictionary
Fresh language for the newest shifts in AI, explained without the jargon.
bounded delegation
the practice of giving an AI agent only the authority, tools, data access, budget, time, and ability to delegate that it needs for a particular task, while keeping those limits enforceable and reversible
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generative monoculture
the tendency of generative AI systems, or people relying on the same systems, to produce a narrower and more similar range of ideas, styles, opinions, citations, or solutions than the underlying data and human population contain
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activation monitoring
a technique for overseeing an AI model by examining patterns in its internal neural activations during inference, rather than relying only on its visible inputs, outputs, or reasoning text, in order to detect potentially harmful, deceptive, or abnormal behavior
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model routing
the automatic selection of which AI model, model tier, or model provider should handle a request, based on factors such as the task, expected quality, cost, latency, safety requirements, context length, or current availability
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