Is it free software? [LWN.net]

Is it free software?

Posted Feb 23, 2026 15:01 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Is it free software? by paulj
Parent article: The Book of Remind

Could you expand "ABNI" please? I'm not finding anything it stands for that matches the conversation here.

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Is it free software?

Posted Feb 23, 2026 16:05 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link] (2 responses)

ABNI -> "Artificial But Not Intelligent".

ABI -> "Anything But Intelligent" another contender, but has a predefined meaning, least amongst the kinds of technical people who read LWN.

Is it free software?

Posted Feb 23, 2026 16:28 UTC (Mon) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

My favourite - Artificial Idiocy :-)

Cheers,
Wol

Is it free software?

Posted Feb 23, 2026 17:14 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

I've also seen PI ("Pseudo Intelligence") used in science fiction. It seems like a good term because it gets the idea that it's an attempt to create intelligence but doesn't respect it as actually intelligent. Unfortunately, those initials have other established meanings and might trip people up.