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AI-first

AI-first adjective: prioritizing the use of artificial intelligence (over human labor).

Adjective

AI-first (not comparable)

  1. (artificial intelligence) Prioritizing the use of artificial intelligence (over human labor).
    • Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Alphabet’s Q1 earnings call: “In the long run, we will evolve in computing from a mobile-first to an AI-first world”.2016 May 20, Joanna Goodman, quoting Sundar Pichai, “Say one sentence and it’s done in the AI-first world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    • […]GSA’s IT division, said at an all-hands meeting last month that the agency is pushing for an “AI-first strategy.”2025 March 10, Matteo Wong, “DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 02 Jun 2025

Origin of AI-first

Keeping with older mobile-first, cloud-first, etc.

Questions about AI-first

What does AI-first mean?
AI-first means prioritizing the use of artificial intelligence (over human labor).
What part of speech is AI-first?
AI-first is an adjective.

Words near AI-first in the dictionary

  1. AI winter
  2. AI winters
  3. ai yah
  4. AI'd
  5. AI-complete
  6. AI-first
  7. AI-native
  8. AI-washing
  9. AI2
  10. AI2s
  11. ai;dr

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