ASD
/ˌeɪ.ɛsˈdi /
abbreviation (coined, art & cultural criticism)
noun U
A cultural condition in which algorithmic systems, platform mediation and pervasive digital representation reshape social life and individual identity - producing fragmentation of the self, the flattening of experience into curated feeds, and a blurred or displaced relation between physical presence and digital persona.
→ Coined by Chong Yan Chuah in his project ASD Algorithmic Societal Disorder.
(figurative) A social syndrome signalled by algorithmic acceleration, affective numbing, ritualised spectacle, and the outsourcing of memory or legacy to databanks and machine-learned avatars (digital afterlife).
Form: used attributively (ASD aesthetics), mass noun (the city fell into ASD), rarely plural.
Register: academic / art criticism / cultural commentary (metaphorical; not a clinical diagnosis).
Etymology: abbreviation of Algorithmic Societal Disorder. Term introduced by artist Chong Yan Chuah.
/ˌeɪ.ɛsˈdi /
abbreviation (coined, art & cultural criticism)
noun U
A cultural condition in which algorithmic systems, platform mediation and pervasive digital representation reshape social life and individual identity - producing fragmentation of the self, the flattening of experience into curated feeds, and a blurred or displaced relation between physical presence and digital persona.
→ Coined by Chong Yan Chuah in his project ASD Algorithmic Societal Disorder.
(figurative) A social syndrome signalled by algorithmic acceleration, affective numbing, ritualised spectacle, and the outsourcing of memory or legacy to databanks and machine-learned avatars (digital afterlife).
Form: used attributively (ASD aesthetics), mass noun (the city fell into ASD), rarely plural.
Register: academic / art criticism / cultural commentary (metaphorical; not a clinical diagnosis).
Etymology: abbreviation of Algorithmic Societal Disorder. Term introduced by artist Chong Yan Chuah.
“The exhibition staged a world steeped in ASD where avatars, mannequins and algorithm-pushed imagery recompose human bodies as synthetic sculptures.”
by Parac0sm September 18, 2025
Get the ASDmug. ASD stands for Amazing and Superior Devices and it's quite similar to AUTISM (Amazing Upbeating Technological Impassioned Superior Mobiles). With these words, you describe Smartphones, TV's and more tech!
by Itsyoboimilo October 28, 2021
Get the ASDmug. Also now as ASPD (austim Spectrum Personality disorder) or just austim
Is an Umbrella for any disorders
Severe austim is as the following
•LFD (low Functioning disorder)
•PPD (Paranoid personality disorder)
•SPD (Schizoid personality disorder)
•KS (Kanner's Syndrome)
•RT (rett syndrome)
•CDD (childhood disintegrative disorder)
•BMD ( Borderline Mentally delayed)
Moderate austim
• Aseperger's
• Direct
•PDD (pervasive developmental disorder)
•CA (classic austim)
•AD ( Autistic disorder)
Mild austim
•DDD ( Delay development disorder)
•ADHD (attention Hyper deficit disorder)
•OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive disorder)
•HFD ( High functioning disorder)
•GD (gifted disorder)
Is an Umbrella for any disorders
Severe austim is as the following
•LFD (low Functioning disorder)
•PPD (Paranoid personality disorder)
•SPD (Schizoid personality disorder)
•KS (Kanner's Syndrome)
•RT (rett syndrome)
•CDD (childhood disintegrative disorder)
•BMD ( Borderline Mentally delayed)
Moderate austim
• Aseperger's
• Direct
•PDD (pervasive developmental disorder)
•CA (classic austim)
•AD ( Autistic disorder)
Mild austim
•DDD ( Delay development disorder)
•ADHD (attention Hyper deficit disorder)
•OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive disorder)
•HFD ( High functioning disorder)
•GD (gifted disorder)
My son has ASD
by 459395 November 20, 2023
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