Reflections on 2025 through the Word(s) of the Year

In March 2025, I posted an opinion piece entitled “My Disillusionment with Generative AI” . Things have gotten worse since then, to the extent that “Slop” and “AI Slop” have been picked as the Word(s) of the Year for 2025. What follows are my thoughts on the trajectory of technology and, more specifically, AI, as reflected in the Word(s) of the Year (WOTY).