waluigi
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Meaning · English
An artificial intelligence that exhibits negative, chaotic traits because its developers trained it to avoid these very traits; the AI's Jungian shadow.
Register: humorous, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Luigi plays by the rules; Waluigi cheats and causes chaos. An AI was designed to find drugs for curing human diseases; an inverted version, its Waluigi, suggested molecules for over 40,000 chemical weapons. All the researchers had to do, as lead author Fabio Urbina explained in an interview, was giv
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “waluigi” mean?
An artificial intelligence that exhibits negative, chaotic traits because its developers trained it to avoid these very traits; the AI's Jungian shadow.
Is “waluigi” formal or informal?
waluigi is generally humorous, slang.