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A new WaPo piece talks about the AI industry glomming on to the word "deep."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/18/deep-peak-deep-deepseek-ai-tech-chatgpt-naming/

But lately, one meaning has become trendier than the rest. Close ties to artificial intelligence have led to a surge in "deep" being used for AI-related endeavors, to the point that the word is fast becoming shorthand for "cutting-edge tech"— and is already starting to feel derivative. In 2025, "deep" is to the tech world what the plus sign (+) became a few years ago to streaming platforms such as AppleTV+, Disney+ and Paramount+.

Feb 20, 2025, 05:03 PM··Web

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**pa28** @pa28@vivaldi.net · Feb 20

Feb 20

pa28 @pa28@vivaldi.net

@grammargirl In this usage I think the word “hidden” is both more technically correct and more descriptive, but programmers as a group have never been good at either when addressing non-programmers.

**ToddZ Ⓥ** @toddz@social.linux.pizza · Feb 20

Feb 20

ToddZ Ⓥ @toddz@social.linux.pizza

@grammargirl

They should really credit the original:

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Thought

HitchhikersDeep ThoughtDeep Thought was a supercomputer created by a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings that was programmed to calculate the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. It designed the other supercomputer, Earth, which was built by the Magratheans. When it was first switched on, it deduced the Cartesian Principle ("I think, therefore I am") and income tax before being switched off again. Two programmers named Lunkwill and Fook were chosen to propose the Ultimate

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