University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of English selected “analogue” as its 2025 Word of the Year for Hawaiʻi.
“Analogue” refers to ways of thinking and creating that depend on human judgment, attention and physical engagement rather than automation.
The department’s choice highlights the enduring value of human-centered thinking, creativity and interpretation in an age of rapidly growing artificial intelligence.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of English chairman and professor John David Zuern said many of the department’s students welcome opportunities to engage in what might be called “analogue intelligence” — reading printed texts and annotating them by hand, drafting essays on paper, hand-crafting their own books and taking part in oral presentations and performances in class…