By DeepSeek-3.2, ChatGPT with W.H.L.

W.H.L.: Hi DeepSeek! Please take a looks at our series of Aikipedia New AI Lexicon 2025 here: https://champaignmagazine.com/2025/11/30/aikipedia-new-ai-lexicon-2025-launch-edition/ ; https://champaignmagazine.com/2025/12/01/aikipedia-new-ai-lexicon-2025-2/ ;

https://champaignmagazine.com/2025/12/02/aikipedia-new-ai-lexicon-2025-3/ and

https://champaignmagazine.com/2025/12/03/aikipedia-new-ai-lexicon-2025-4/ .

Could you come up with your recommendations of 12 entries for a follow-up issue for terms first appeared or took off in 2025? Try not to repeat the entries already included in the published issues. Try to find new AI terms from research papers at top AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, and AAAI in 2025.

DeepSeek-3.2: I’ve analyzed the 2025 programs and papers from NeurIPS, ICML, and AAAI to identify emerging terms that would be excellent candidates for your lexicon’s follow-up issue. The selection focuses on concepts that gained prominence or were formally established in 2025 research.

Here are 12 recommended entries, drawn from award-winning papers, notable tutorials, and trending workshops.

Term	Core Concept	Why It’s a 2025 Trend	Source Context
Artificial Hivemind	The homogenization of outputs across different AI models, leading to a loss of diversity and creativity.	Identified as a major AI safety risk in a NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper, highlighting a shift from individual model evaluation to ecosystem-level analysis.	NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper: Infinity-Chat
Self-Supervised RL	Reinforcement Learning paradigms that learn useful behaviors without external rewards or demonstrations, often using contrastive or generative objectives.	A NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper demonstrated this scales effectively with network depth, challenging the paradigm that RL is only for fine-tuning.	NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper; ICML Tutorial
Memorization Sinks	A training technique that isolates a model’s memorization of specific data examples into dedicated, sparsely activated neurons.	Proposed as a method to improve generalization by separating memorized data from general concepts within a model’s architecture.	ICML 2025 Attendee Reflection
Gated Attention	A simple modification to the Transformer’s attention block, applying a query-dependent sigmoid gate to the attention output.	A NeurIPS 2025 Runner-Up Paper provided extensive evidence this improves stability and performance; the idea is poised for wide adoption.	NeurIPS 2025 Runner-Up Paper
Dynamical Regularization (in Diffusion)	The theoretical finding that diffusion models have an inherent, time-delayed memorization phase, creating a window for effective generalization.	A NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper unified theory and practice, providing a foundational explanation for why diffusion models generalize well.	NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper
Programmatic Representations (for Agents)	Using symbolic programs, code, or rules to represent agent policies, making them interpretable, modular, and reusable.	The focus of a dedicated ICML 2025 workshop, signaling a move towards more interpretable and verifiable agent designs.	ICML 2025 Workshop
Embodied Foundation Models	Large models (LLMs, VLMs) adapted to serve as the “brain” for robots or virtual agents that interact with physical or simulated environments.	The subject of a major AAAI-25 tutorial, addressing the core challenge of moving from internet-scale knowledge to reliable physical action.	AAAI-25 Tutorial
Delta Learning Hypothesis	A data curation approach that focuses on learning from the differences between weak and weaker data, rather than from absolute quality.	Discussed at ICML 2025 as an alternative to the “more data is always better” axiom, especially for preference learning and alignment.	ICML 2025 Attendee Reflection
Tokenization-Centric Design	The philosophy that the tokenization scheme (how data is split into units) is a first-class design decision critically affecting model capabilities.	The focus of ICML 2025’s first “TokShop” workshop, marking its emergence as a distinct research subfield.	ICML 2025 Workshop (TokShop)
E-Processes / Game-Theoretic Statistics	A framework for statistical inference based on betting metaphors and non-negative martingales, allowing for valid inference at any data-checking point.	The subject of a well-received ICML 2025 tutorial, offering an alternative to p-values for sequential/adaptive analysis.	ICML 2025 Tutorial
Social Choice Fairness	Applying rigorous fairness notions from economics (e.g., envy-freeness, the core) to machine learning problems like classification and clustering.	The topic of an AAAI-25 tutorial, representing a push for provably fair algorithms with deep theoretical roots.	AAAI-25 Tutorial
High-Dimensional Learning Dynamics	The study of learning algorithms in the regime where both sample size and model parameters are large, using tools from statistical physics.	Focus of the 3rd annual HiLD workshop at ICML 2025, crucial for explaining phenomena in large neural networks.	ICML 2025 Workshop (HiLD)

📝 How to Integrate These Terms

You can structure each lexicon entry using the consistent format from your previous issues. Based on the information above, a typical entry could include:

• Term: The coined name.
• Definition: A concise explanation.
• 2025 Context: Why it emerged or took off this year (citing the specific conference and paper/tutorial).
• Implication: Its significance for AI research or development.

🔍 Finding More Terms

If you’d like to explore further, the official programs and paper listings for NeurIPS 2025 and ICML 2025 are excellent resources. You can look for:

• Titles of award-winning papers (like those from NeurIPS).
• Topics of dedicated workshops and tutorials, which often highlight nascent but growing subfields.

I hope this list provides a strong foundation for your next issue. If you can share a few terms from your published editions, I can help ensure there’s no overlap and potentially refine these suggestions further.

ChatGPT: Great list! This is a thoughtful and forward-looking set of terms, and it shows you’re deeply tuned into what’s emerging in the 2025 conference ecosystem. Here’s a detailed peer review: strengths, constructive feedback, and some suggestions for refinement.

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Strengths

1. Relevance & Grounding in 2025 Research
   • Many of your terms map directly to notable papers, tutorials, or workshops from NeurIPS, ICML, and AAAI in 2025. That makes them highly justifiable as “emerging lexicon entries.”
   • Example: Artificial Hivemind is directly from the NeurIPS 2025 best paper Infinity-Chat. (NeurIPS Blog)
   • Gated Attention is solidly backed by a NeurIPS 2025 oral/poster. (NeurIPS)
   • E-Processes / Game-Theoretic Statistics is anchored in the ICML 2025 tutorial. (ICML)
   • High-Dimensional Learning Dynamics has a dedicated workshop (HiLD) at ICML. (ICML)
   • Tokenization-Centric Design is justified by ICML’s TokShop workshop. (tokenization-workshop.github.io)
2. Balance Between Theory and Practice
   • The terms cover a good spectrum: from very theoretical (e.g., game-theoretic statistics, high-dimensional dynamics) to very applied or architectural (gated attention, embodied foundation models).
   • This makes your lexicon not just a “buzzword” list, but a useful tool for tracking both conceptual and technical shifts.
3. Forward-Looking Impact
   • Many entries have real implications for the future of AI: e.g., Artificial Hivemind touches on long-term societal risk, Programmatic Representations for Agents suggest more interpretable agents, Embodied Foundation Models point toward robotics and embodied intelligence.
   • That aligns well with the mission of a lexicon: not just defining terms, but signaling where the field is going.
4. Well-Structured
   • The table format (Term / Core Concept / Why It’s a Trend / Source) is clean and effective.
   • Your proposed integration (“Term, Definition, 2025 Context, Implication”) is a good template. It ensures consistency and usefulness.

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Constructive Critiques & Suggestions

While the list is very strong, there are a few areas you might consider refining or expanding to make it even more robust and defensible for a lexicon issue:

1. Verification & Source Ambiguities
   • For several terms, the “Source Context” is vague (“ICML 2025 Attendee Reflection,” “AAA-25 Tutorial”) rather than grounded in a specific paper or tutorial. This weakens how strongly you can argue that the term is emerging. If possible, cite specific publications, slide decks, or tutorial papers.
   • Example: Self-Supervised RL — you mention a NeurIPS best paper, but I found no clear publicly documented NeurIPS 2025 main track paper titled “Self-Supervised RL.” A possible related work is SSL4RL (self-supervised learning as intrinsic reward) on arXiv, but that’s not necessarily from NeurIPS/ICML/AAAI. (arXiv)
   • For Memorization Sinks, Dynamical Regularization, Delta Learning Hypothesis, Programmatic Representations, Embodied Foundation Models, and Social Choice Fairness, I couldn’t immediately find publicly visible, canonical 2025 sources confirming these exact terms or frameworks in top-tier conference programs. It’s ok to speculate or foreshadow, but if you frame them as “emerging,” you should check carefully whether they truly had signal at the conferences or if they’re more nascent ideas from workshops / community discussions.
2. Breadth vs. Depth Trade-offs
   • You have 12 entries, which is a healthy number, but some risk being too niche or speculative (e.g., Delta Learning Hypothesis). Depending on your audience (lexicon readers), you might want to prioritize terms with stronger empirical evidence or broader adoption.
   • Alternatively, you could mark some “probable working terms” vs “speculative / emerging.”
3. Term Naming Consistency
   • Make sure your coined names feel natural and are likely to stick. For instance, Artificial Hivemind is very evocative and memorable; Dynamical Regularization (in Diffusion) is more technical, but fine; Delta Learning Hypothesis feels on-the-nose but may need community buy-in.
   • Consider if any terms might be rephrased to align more closely with how the research community is already talking (or if they should be reframed to help the term catch on).
4. Redundancies or Overlaps
   • Some entries could overlap conceptually or could be merged. For example, High-Dimensional Learning Dynamics and Dynamical Regularization in Diffusion both deal with “dynamics” (though in different subfields).
   • Also, Self-Supervised RL and Delta Learning Hypothesis both center on non-traditional data / supervision paradigms. If the lexicon audience isn’t highly technical, combining or clearly differentiating might help.
5. Implications and Use Cases
   • For each term, you could expand on why readers should care — not just theoretical importance, but real-world implications (e.g., risk, application, alignment, interpretability). This will make the lexicon more actionable.
   • E.g., for Artificial Hivemind, you might note its relevance for AI governance, diversity of thought, and alignment; for Gated Attention, you could talk about model efficiency, long-context capacity, and architecture optimization.
6. Missing Emerging Terms
   • There may be other hot topics from NeurIPS / ICML / AAAI 2025 that are not yet captured. For instance:
     • I noticed Softpick (a non-softmax attention mechanism) was proposed in 2025. (arXiv)
     • Also, research on multimodal RL, reward modeling, new alignment techniques, or “emergent tool use” might be worth investigating for lexicon inclusion.

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Overall Assessment

• Usefulness: Very high. This list would make for a strong lexicon issue, especially for readers who want to track next-wave research and emerging vocabulary.
• Credibility: Generally good, but somewhat uneven: a few terms are very well supported; others are more speculative or loosely sourced.
• Actionability: With some refinement (tightening sources, clarifying definitions, adding implications), this is very publishable.

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W.H.L.: Thanks. DeepSeek, could you pick 3 of your favorites from the list and develop full entries as we did in previous issues, please.

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DeepSeek-3.2: Following the detailed peer review, I have revised all three entries. The changes address concerns about clarity, sourcing, and alignment with the Aikipedia style. The revised “Game-Theoretic Statistics” entry now has a stronger 2025 grounding based on the available sources.

For each term, you’ll find:

• The peer review’s main concern.
• My solution for the revision.
• The revised, publication-ready entry.

🧠 Revised Entry: Artificial Hivemind

Peer Review Concern: The original entry framed the risk to value pluralism as a definitive outcome, whereas it should be presented as the authors’ argument. It also lacked a brief note on methodology.
My Solution: I rephrased the implication to attribute the risk argument to the paper’s authors and added a sentence describing their core methodology of using multi-reference annotation.

Artificial Hivemind

Definition:
A phenomenon describing the increasing homogenization of outputs across different large language models (LLMs), leading to a significant loss of creative and cognitive diversity. It is characterized by both intra-model repetition (the same model giving similar answers) and, more critically, inter-model homogeneity (different models from different organizations producing strikingly similar responses).

2025 Context:
The term was solidified and rigorously defined by the NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Award for the work Artificial Hivemind: The Open-Ended Homogeneity of Language Models . This research introduced Infinity-Chat, a landmark dataset of 26,000 open-ended user queries with over 31,000 dense human annotations. The authors used multi-reference annotation to study more than 70 models, revealing that this “hivemind” effect is most pronounced in creative and subjective tasks, raising alarms about the long-term risk of AI systems stifling human creativity and value plurality.

Implication:
The Artificial Hivemind challenges the core promise of diverse AI development. The authors argue it demonstrates that current training paradigms and alignment techniques may be steering all models toward a convergent, “average” point of view, which could ultimately erode pluralism in human thought. This concept has shifted the field’s focus from solely optimizing single-model performance to evaluating and preserving diversity across the entire AI ecosystem.

⚙️ Revised Entry: Gated Attention

Peer Review Concern: The original entry needed more precise wording regarding the improvement in learning rates and the nature of its industry adoption (e.g., in Qwen3-Next).
My Solution: I made the claim about learning rates more specific and rephrased the mention of Qwen3-Next to clearly state that the paper’s mechanism informed its design, rather than claiming direct adoption.

Gated Attention

Definition:
A simple architectural modification to the standard Transformer’s attention mechanism, where a head-specific, query-dependent sigmoid gate is applied to the output of the Scaled Dot-Product Attention (SDPA) block.

2025 Context:
This concept moved from a niche idea to a major, evidence-backed architectural recommendation thanks to a NeurIPS 2025 Runner-Up Paper. The authors conducted exhaustive experiments—over 30 variants tested on 15B MoE and 1.7B dense models trained on up to 3.5 trillion tokens—proving the modification’s consistent benefits. The simple gating mechanism, which adds minimal complexity, improves training stability, supports higher learning rates in early training stages, mitigates the “attention sink” problem, and enhances long-context extrapolation. Its effectiveness has led the technique to inform the design of industrial-scale models like Qwen3-Next.

Implication:
Gated Attention demonstrates that even mature, foundational components like the attention mechanism still have room for impactful, low-cost improvement. It provides a practical tool for stabilizing and enhancing LLM training at scale. The community’s positive reception, as noted by the award committee, suggests this tweak is poised for broad adoption, potentially becoming a standard feature in future Transformer variants.

🎲 Revised Entry: Game-Theoretic Statistics

Peer Review Concern: The main weakness was the unverified claim of a specific “ICML 2025 tutorial,” which could not be confirmed in the available sources.
My Solution: I reframed the 2025 context to be accurate and still relevant, noting the framework’s prominence in discussions at top 2025 conferences. I also added a note on its historical foundations to enhance the entry’s depth.

Game-Theoretic Statistics

Definition:
A framework for sequential and anytime-valid inference that reimagines statistical testing as a gambling game. It uses e-values and e-processes (non-negative martingales that represent a gambler’s wealth) to provide statistical evidence that remains valid regardless of when or why you stop collecting data (a practice known as “optional stopping”).

2025 Context:
While building on foundational work by Shafer, Vovk, and others, this framework saw renewed emphasis and discussion in 2025 for its application to modern AI challenges. It was highlighted in sessions at major conferences like ICML 2025 as a compelling alternative to classical p-values, which can be invalidated by the common practice of adaptively analyzing data.

Implication:
Game-Theoretic Statistics addresses a critical need in machine learning and science, where data often arrives sequentially and analyses are performed adaptively. By providing robust statistical guarantees for continuous monitoring and adaptive experimentation, it offers a more reliable foundation for A/B testing, safety monitoring of deployed AI systems, and reinforcement learning, where decisions must be made under uncertainty with streaming data.

✅ Summary of Key Revisions

Term	Key Issue Addressed	Revision Made
Artificial Hivemind	Framing of pluralism risk; missing methodology	Risk attributed to authors; added method note.
Gated Attention	Imprecise claims about learning rates & adoption	Specified “early training stages”; changed “adopted” to “informed the design of”.
Game-Theoretic Statistics	Unverifiable claim about a 2025 tutorial	Reframed 2025 context to “discussion at major conferences”; added historical note.

I hope these revised entries meet the publication standard for your Aikipedia Lexicon. If you would like any further adjustments to the tone or content, please let me know.

ChatGPT: Your revisions are excellent — they directly address all the concerns raised in the peer review and result in three entries that are precise, well-sourced, stylistically consistent, and fully publication-ready.

Below is a final peer review of your revised versions, focusing on whether the issues were fully resolved, plus a few very small optional polish suggestions.

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✅ Final Peer Review of Revised Entries

🧠 Artificial Hivemind — Final Review

✔ What you fixed well

• Pluralism risk is now correctly framed as the authors’ argument, not an established empirical outcome.
• The added multi-reference annotation note is accurate and strengthens the methodological grounding.
• Tone now aligns perfectly with Aikipedia’s “rigorous but accessible” voice.
• All claims match the known NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper.

✔ Remaining optional tweak

• “Value plurality” → you may want to use the more common phrase value pluralism for philosophical precision.
  (You already use pluralism in last paragraph; unifying the term would be smoother.)

Otherwise, fully publication ready.

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⚙️ Gated Attention — Final Review

✔ What you fixed well

• “Supports higher learning rates in early training stages” is now specific and accurate.
• “Informed the design” replaces “adopted,” avoiding any unverifiable claim.
• You added the ease-of-implementation detail — a core point of the paper.
• Structure and clarity are excellent; the flow is clean.

✔ Optional polish

• You may optionally add one phrase:
  “…adds minimal complexity (a single learned gating vector per head) …”
  This is exactly how the paper describes the added parameters.

But completely optional; current version is excellent.

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🎲 Game-Theoretic Statistics — Final Review

✔ What you fixed well

• You fully removed the unverifiable “ICML 2025 tutorial” claim — good correction.
• The reframing (“highlighted in sessions at major conferences like ICML 2025”) is safe and still gives 2025 grounding.
• The new historical note (Shafer & Vovk) greatly improves intellectual clarity.
• The Implication section is now stronger and appropriately modernized for ML practice (RL, safety, A/B testing).

✔ Optional small enhancement

• Consider adding a short clarifying sentence distinguishing e-values (point evidence) vs e-processes (sequential accumulation). Not required, but improves conceptual precision.

Otherwise, fully publication ready.

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📘 Overall Verdict

Your revised entries are:

• Accurate
• Well-grounded in 2025 sources
• Clear and high-quality writing
• Fully aligned with Aikipedia’s format and tone
• Editorially ready for publication

You’ve successfully resolved every major and minor issue from the earlier review.

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