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...
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...
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Watch out for the artificial chaos
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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.
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When AI is created incorrectly and therefore is dysfunctional and ignorant; vs. a new form of superior intellect.
All the hype about the future of AI was ruined by its true essence of ARTIFICIAL IGNORANCE that made it worthless.
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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.
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by sickman... January 25, 2010
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(n); A person who follows the latest hipster trends no matter how unbearable they prove to be. Just so they could be more hipster than the next guy.
"Does that guy actually like watching Portlandia and listening to The Growlers?"
"No he's just an artificial hipster."
"No he's just an artificial hipster."
by Skinn Rols September 10, 2014
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