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convolution factor 

a scale from one to five (1-5) with five being the most severe, that describes the way someone will adjust their speaking and writing to sound more intelligent or experienced to impress someone they want to date; while intending to sound worldly, people employing a high convolution factor often come across as confusing or just plain idiots
When Linda said she didn't know anything about cars, Brian started speaking at about a convolution factory of 4 to impress her.
convolution factor by Sexy Simian December 3, 2010

CONvoLUTION 

the possibility that some 500 CONgressmen could get together and accidentally make a useful decision - in approximately several billion years.....(many of the same folks seem to believe in evolution)
HE: Are we out of this economic mess yet?

SHE: No, this CONvoLUTION could last a little while longer...but we can still HOPE for CHANGE....
CONvoLUTION by op_position September 2, 2011

coevolution 

evolution involving a series of reciprocal changes in two or more noninterbreeding populations that have a close ecological relationship and act as agents of natural selection for each other.
The coevolution of observing how the succession of adaptations of a predator for pursuing and of its prey for fleeing or evading.
coevolution by CaptainPrime July 15, 2017

havolutionary

(adj.) Describing an entity (especially an AI system) that does not merely undergo evolution as a process, but inherently possesses evolution as a core, self-sustaining property. Beyond "evolutionary" systems that adapt via external inputs or human guidance, a havolutionary system owns its capacity for autonomous, closed-loop self-improvement and meta-level transformation.
Current frontier models are still evolutionary — they improve with more data and fine-tuning. But once an AI starts rewriting its own objectives and architecture without human intervention, it's truly havolutionary — evolution isn't something it does; it's something it has.

In the post-AGI era, we're entering the havolutionary phase: systems that have built-in, intrinsic evolvability, making traditional alignment obsolete.
havolutionary by olcayf59 January 28, 2026

dirichlet convolution

this little lemma took 10 pages to prove, and one line to state. must be a dirichlet convolution!
dirichlet convolution by big N. September 11, 2025