A.i.

adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of AI. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war. This example has led to legal, systematic repression of artificial intelligences in galactic society."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In or for the meantime; temporarily. initialism, not-comparable

Synonyms

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army intelligencearmy intelligenceartificial inseminationartificial inseminationartificial intelligenceartificial intelligence

Example

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"The geth are a humanoid race of networked A.I.s. They were created by the quarians 300 years ago as tools of labor and war. When the geth showed signs of self-evolution, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war. This example has led to legal, systematic repression of artificial intelligences in galactic society."

Etymology

From Latin a. i., an abbreviation of ad interim.

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