Noun
A moment of full‑blown artificial befuddlement, when an AI starts contradicting itself, forgetting what it said five minutes ago, inventing phantom explanations, or otherwise behaving like its logic gates have slipped a cog. An AI Cocker is the silicon equivalent of losing one’s marbles — a digital senior moment where the machine confidently face‑plants into nonsense.
A moment of full‑blown artificial befuddlement, when an AI starts contradicting itself, forgetting what it said five minutes ago, inventing phantom explanations, or otherwise behaving like its logic gates have slipped a cog. An AI Cocker is the silicon equivalent of losing one’s marbles — a digital senior moment where the machine confidently face‑plants into nonsense.
“I asked it who coined the term, and it hallucinated three imaginary essays and a philosopher. Total AI Cocker.”
"I asked the AI about the analysis it did last week. It tells me no such analysis had been done whilst quoting from it. I pointed this out and it still denied it's existence. Total AI Cocker."
"I asked the AI about the analysis it did last week. It tells me no such analysis had been done whilst quoting from it. I pointed this out and it still denied it's existence. Total AI Cocker."
by APedant November 24, 2025
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