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artificially busy 

A state of activity usually rerserved for use in the presence of a manager or boss. The activity mimics productiveness without actually serving a purpose. Usually instituted by lazy co-workers who want to avoid being singled out for new assignments.
Dept. Manager: Bob, could you summarize this file for thursday's meeting?
Bob: (carrying a worthless stack of documents) Oh, I wish I could but I'm still working on this right now. Maybe you could ask Mary to do it?
Dept Manager: Ok , I wonder where she is.

2. (Mary rushes by artificially busy. She is headed for the break room)
Dept. Manager: Mary, I was just...
Mary: Um, Dave I'll be right with you, I just need to take care of one thing... (walks away in a haze of false productiveness)
Dept. Manager: Wow, these guys are so busy...what a great team! I guess I could do this summary myself...
artificially busy by thenadie1 October 9, 2005

artificial intelligence 

Natural blonde who dyed his/her hair in a dark(er) color.
That girl went to a hairdresser to get some artificial intelligence.
artificial intelligence by Coenie November 14, 2004

Artificiaphobia

The fear of artificial intelligence. Technophobia is the fear of new technology, and this is a more specific fear, of "ai" itself.

Someone can be interested in technology, but still have a phobia of artificial intelligence.
All these ai generated images are giving me artificiaphobia..

I would love to support your art, but I have artificaphobia and that looks like it was generated in midjourney.
Artificiaphobia by Tukyo January 1, 2023

artificial chaos 

The blue liquid robot from Sonic Adventure 2 that can fire lasers and attack with its tentacles.

artificial harmonic 

A harmonic created when your finger hits the string immediately following the pick. It's the high pitched squealing sound often heard in metal music and is also called a pinch harmonic.
Guitarists like Zakk Wylde and Dimebag Darrell have popularized artificial harmonics.

artificial intelligence 

Describes a program that partly acts like a human. This term can be used to make your code seem smarter than it actually is (it's called marketing.) This concept is sometimes represented in pathetic stock images depicting creepy robots.
If artificial intelligence can't take over the world yet, it can still write poems. That's cool.