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The AI Culture Lexicon
Date
December 2025
Project type
Research | Art
The AI Culture Lexicon
Curated/ Created by Ilanit Shamia
(The terms you really need to know)
Explore it here: https://colextion.tiiny.site/
* I’ve added some short videos dedicated to different terms, along with screenshots showing examples of just a few of the dozens of definitions.
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Over the past few years, I have been working daily with a diverse range of Gen-AI tools. I observe this field from three perspectives: as an artist, a journalist, and a lecturer. This gave me the opportunity to study the process of their blending into our culture.
One thing I’ve realized is that deep within the resulting chaos, countless fascinating research paths are being paved. But since these tools landed in our culture instantly, with no instruction manual and no one in charge, it is basically everyone for themselves. We are all exploring solo, in our own way and at our own pace, guided by our own creative instincts.
Along the way, some of us are stumbling upon discoveries that raise deep cultural questions. But to have the kind of deep discussion that leads to real growth, we need a solid foundation, and for that, we need a language. Right now, some are coining their own terms, yet these definitions live in "parallel universes." While a few concepts hit the mainstream, most remain isolated, circulating in small, disconnected bubbles.
If we want to ensure this knowledge connects and leads to new developments in both creative practice and academic research, we need to come together.
So I built The AI Culture Lexicon.
It collects terms like Promptography (By Boris Eldagsen), Spawning (by Holly Herndon), and Algorithmic Folklore (by Gabriele de Seta), alongside new concepts I've coined like Poetic Glitch, Realucination and Algodrift
Clicking on a term reveals its definition.
To keep this archive alive and evolving, I invite you to share the terms you’ve coined in your own practice, so your personal discoveries can help build this shared language.
*Terms selected for the Lexicon will be featured with full credit to their creators
Explore it here: https://colextion.tiiny.site/
